The US Role in the Afghan Opium Trade
Selected articles on the role of the US in the Afghanistan opium trade.
Selected articles on the role of the US in the Afghanistan opium trade.
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Last week, the BBC interviewed Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who was rightfully critical of the U.S./NATO role in his country.
Far from failing to accomplish their goal, the CIA's suitcases of cash to Afghan drug lords have achieved their apparent aim.
The mainstream media exaggerate the role of the Taliban in the opium trade while downplaying the role of the Afghan and US governments.
The U.S. policy of supporting Afghan government poppy eradication efforts managed by corrupt government officials serves only to eliminate competition for the major drug lords who are allied with the U.S./NATO forces and Karzai regime.
For once, the New York Times foregoes its usual effort to exaggerate the role of the Taliban while ignoring government corruption in the opium trade.
Here are some key findings from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC’s) latest report on the Afghanistan opium trade:
The New York Times' own sources belie its propaganda narrative that the Taliban is the driving force behind Afghanistan's opium production.
Vested interests in the US have a financial stake in preservation of the global drug trade.
U.S. government documents shed some additional light on repeated Taliban offers to hand over Osama bin Laden.
The "deep state" in Turkey has been implicated in the Afghan opium trade.
The US government's poppy eradication makes sense not as a means to combat but to consolidate control over the opium trade.
Here is one example of the glaring corruption within the Afghanistan government.
President Obama's reasons for not withdrawing US forces from Afghanistan are spurious.
In an exclusive interview, retired Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul discusses 9/11, the war on Afghanistan, and the Afghan drug trade.
If the US government's aim has been to strengthen drug lords and keep opium prices high, it's done a good job.
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