The Blunders in the Western cross-cutting policies in Afghanistan: The Opium economy as a case of study
In Afghanistan, opium cultivation was part of an economy of survival in the decades preceding the Afghan resistance war against the Soviets and, during the subsequent civil war, cultivation and trafficking of opium poppy became one of the main methods of financing the so-called warlords. However, th...
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| description | In Afghanistan, opium cultivation was part of an economy of survival in the decades preceding the Afghan resistance war against the Soviets and, during the subsequent civil war, cultivation and trafficking of opium poppy became one of the main methods of financing the so-called warlords. However, the Taliban regime would be the first to convert the cultivation and trafficking of this drug into a state business stimulating cultivation and production and the corresponding taxation. Finally, the international community has allowed that cultivation and trafficking become a substantial part of the current Afghan political structure, given its inability to understand the problem in its real and proper dimension and to define an integrated anti-drug strategy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06b520f79d0f41fb93a20cbede114a7c2022-12-21T21:57:57ZengUNISCIRevista UNISCI2386-94532018-05-014717720810.31439/UNISCI-8The Blunders in the Western cross-cutting policies in Afghanistan: The Opium economy as a case of studyFrancisco Berenguer-López0Instituto Universitario General Gutierrez Mellado, UNEDIn Afghanistan, opium cultivation was part of an economy of survival in the decades preceding the Afghan resistance war against the Soviets and, during the subsequent civil war, cultivation and trafficking of opium poppy became one of the main methods of financing the so-called warlords. However, the Taliban regime would be the first to convert the cultivation and trafficking of this drug into a state business stimulating cultivation and production and the corresponding taxation. Finally, the international community has allowed that cultivation and trafficking become a substantial part of the current Afghan political structure, given its inability to understand the problem in its real and proper dimension and to define an integrated anti-drug strategy.http://www.unisci.es/the-blunders-in-the-western-cross-cutting-policies-in-afghanistan-the-opium-economy-as-a-case-of-study/Opiumwar economyclientelist political networkAfghanistanIntegrated Counternarcotic Strategy |
| spellingShingle | Francisco Berenguer-López The Blunders in the Western cross-cutting policies in Afghanistan: The Opium economy as a case of study Revista UNISCI Opium war economy clientelist political network Afghanistan Integrated Counternarcotic Strategy |
| title | The Blunders in the Western cross-cutting policies in Afghanistan: The Opium economy as a case of study |
| title_full | The Blunders in the Western cross-cutting policies in Afghanistan: The Opium economy as a case of study |
| title_fullStr | The Blunders in the Western cross-cutting policies in Afghanistan: The Opium economy as a case of study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Blunders in the Western cross-cutting policies in Afghanistan: The Opium economy as a case of study |
| title_short | The Blunders in the Western cross-cutting policies in Afghanistan: The Opium economy as a case of study |
| title_sort | blunders in the western cross cutting policies in afghanistan the opium economy as a case of study |
| topic | Opium war economy clientelist political network Afghanistan Integrated Counternarcotic Strategy |
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