Afghanistan and Opium - Can the US Military Do More

Abstract

It is all too clear that there is a linkage between Afghanistan's drug lords and the Taliban and other anti-government extremists. Public statements indicate that this has been recognized strategic levels, but the linkage has not truly been acknowledged at the operational and tactical level. As a result, US military forces have provided relatively limited support to counter-narcotics efforts. There are frequent misconceptions about the ability of US forces to execute counter-narcotics operations. Department of Defense policy allows US forces to participate to a great extent and what is now needed is a refocusing of US military operations in Afghanistan to prosecute counter-narcotics efforts to the maximum degree allowed. US forces can and must do more to stop Afghanistan from falling into a narcotics abyss.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 2008
Accession Number
ADA479011

Entities

People

  • Richard G. Kaiser

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Combat Forces
  • Criminals
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • National Security
  • Police
  • Political Systems
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges

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