Afghanistan : Narcotics and U. S. Policy.

Intro -- AFGHANISTAN:NARCOTICS AND U.S. POLICY -- AFGHANISTAN: NARCOTICS AND U.S. POLICY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- AFGHANISTAN'S OPIUM ECONOMY -- CURRENT PRODUCTION STATISTICS -- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT -- Opium And Afghanistan's War Economy -- Taliban Era -- Post-Taliban Resurgence -- Actors in Afghanistan's Opium Economy -- Farmers -- Land Owners -- Traffickers -- NARCOTICS AND SECURITY -- NARCOTICS AND PROSPECTS FOR STATE FAILURE INAFGHANISTAN -- Anti-Government Elements and Popular Violence -- Corruption and Challenges to Afghan Democracy -- Opium Profits and Afghanistan's Economic Recovery -- NARCOTICS, INSURGENCY, AND TERRORISM -- Taliban and Al Qaeda Financiers -- CONSUMPTION MARKETS -- Trafficking to the United States -- Russia -- Western Europe -- REGIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS -- CENTRAL ASIA[57] -- Pakistan -- Iran -- THE INTERNATIONAL POLICY RESPONSE -- AFGHAN COUNTERNARCOTICS POLICIES,PROGRAMS, AND FORCES -- Bans, Prohibitions, and Policy Statements -- Institutions and Forces -- U.S. POLICY INITIATIVES: THE "FIVE-PILLAR" PLAN -- Public Information -- Judicial Reform -- Alternative Livelihood Development[75] -- Interdiction -- Eradication -- ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- BREAKING THE NARCOTICS-INSECURITY CYCLE -- BALANCING COUNTERTERRORISM ANDCOUNTERNARCOTICS -- DEFINING THE ROLE OF THE U.S. MILITARY -- REDEFINING ERADICATION -- AERIAL ERADICATION -- PENDING LEGISLATION AND COUNTERNARCOTICS FUNDING -- Counternarcotics Funding -- APPENDIX A -- CITED FIELD SURVEYS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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