Combating Opium in Afghanistan

Authors

Ali A. Jalali, Center for Strategic Studies, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Robert B. Oakley, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Zoe Hunter, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

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Description

Opium poses an enormous threat to stability and good governance in Afghanistan.¹ President Hamid Karzai put it well: “If we don’t destroy poppy, it will destroy us.”² However, the counternarcotics challenge is not one that the government of Afghanistan has been prepared to meet thus far.

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

11-2006

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Recommended Citation

Jalali, Ali A.; Oakley, Robert B.; and Hunter, Zoe, "Combating Opium in Afghanistan" (2006). Strategic Forums. 24.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-forums/24