LEADER 03554nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910972049003321 005 20251116221340.0 010 $a1-61209-816-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000070406 035 $a(EBL)3018950 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000466761 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11288217 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000466761 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10466142 035 $a(PQKB)10591120 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3018950 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3018950 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10662756 035 $a(OCoLC)699511061 035 $a(BIP)25896685 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000070406 100 $a20100621d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfghanistan $enarcotics and U.S. policy /$fChristopher M. Blanchard 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNova Science Publishers$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (76 p.) 300 $a"Novinka." 311 08$a1-60692-918-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [49]-57) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aDescribing the structure and development of the Afghan narcotics trade, this book provides statistical information, profiles the trade's various participants, explores alleged narco-terrorist linkages, and reviews US and international policy responses since late 2001. 606 $aOpium trade$zAfghanistan 606 $aDrug traffic$zAfghanistan 606 $aDrug control$zAfghanistan 606 $aDrug control$zUnited States 606 $aTerrorism$zUnited States$xPrevention 615 0$aOpium trade 615 0$aDrug traffic 615 0$aDrug control 615 0$aDrug control 615 0$aTerrorism$xPrevention. 676 $a363.4509581 700 $aBlanchard$b Christopher M$01100566 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972049003321 996 $aAfghanistan$94466711 997 $aUNINA