Counternarcotics: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan
Abstract
Counternarcotics: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan is the fifth lessons learned report issued by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. Since 2002, stemming opium poppy cultivation and drug production in Afghanistan has been an important, though not primary, goal for the United States, its coalition partners, and the Afghan government. While very little Afghan heroin comes to the United States, the Afghan drug trade has undermined reconstruction and security goals in many ways, including by financing insurgent groups, fueling government corruption, eroding state legitimacy, and exacting an enormous human and financial toll. Given the upward trend of opium poppy cultivation and the number of Afghans who rely on the opium industry, it is critical that U.S. policymakers determine how best to mitigate the drug trades impact on U.S. reconstruction goals in Afghanistan.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1139372
Entities
People
- David Mansfield
- Elizabeth Young
- Joseph Windrem
- Kate Bateman
- Matthew Bentrott
- Matthew Rubin
- Nikolai Condee-padunov
- Olivia Paek
- Sonia Pinto
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction