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Afghanistan
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After small decreases in opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan in 2005 (the first decreases since 2001), poppy cultivation exploded in 2006, from 104,000 to 165,000 hectares, an increase of 59% in what was already the world's leading poppy producer.11 This massive increase occurred despite a 210% increase in eradicated poppy fields, from 5,000 to 15,300 hectares. Production of opium experienced a similar explosion, from 4,100 to 6,100 metric tons. • Afghanistan now accounts for 82% of global poppy cultivation (up from 62% in 2005) and 92% of opium production (up from 87% in 2005) One major problem for the US, NATO, and the UN in their attempts to reduce poppy cultivation: the monetary yield from a hectare of opium is nearly ten times that of a hectare of wheat See the World Drug Report for a number of outstanding tables, charts, and maps on all aspects of the opium trade in Afghanistan12 Production has exploded in the southern provinces, but held steady or decreased in areas around Kabul, indicating that government control of regions may play significant role in discouraging poppy cultivation • This development is of particular interest to the U.S., since the resurgence of the Taliban in the south during 2006-2007 seems to have been fueled at least in part by an alliance with the poppy traffickers13 • Fred Kaplan notes that the Taliban never really left the south, it was the coalition that did after OEF wound down, and their return to the region has sparked clashes with the Taliban14 Vanda Felbab-Brown's Audit of the Conventional Wisdom, "A Better Strategy Against Narcoterrorism," makes important suggestions for a U.S. counternarcotics strategy in Afghanistan • http://web.mit.edu/cis/pdf/Audit_01_06_Vanda.pdf
Drugs Drug Production (poppy cultivation) •
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• •
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After small decreases in opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan in 2005 (the first decreases since 2001), poppy cultivation exploded in 2006, from 104,000 to 165,000 hectares, an increase of 59% in what was already the world's leading poppy producer.11 This massive increase occurred despite a 210% increase in eradicated poppy fields, from 5,000 to 15,300 hectares. Production of opium experienced a similar explosion, from 4,100 to 6,100 metric tons. • Afghanistan now accounts for 82% of global poppy cultivation (up from 62% in 2005) and 92% of opium production (up from 87% in 2005) One major problem for the US, NATO, and the UN in their attempts to reduce poppy cultivation: the monetary yield from a hectare of opium is nearly ten times that of a hectare of wheat See the World Drug Report for a number of outstanding tables, charts, and maps on all aspects of the opium trade in Afghanistan12 Production has exploded in the southern provinces, but held steady or decreased in areas around Kabul, indicating that government control of regions may play significant role in discouraging poppy cultivation • This development is of particular interest to the U.S., since the resurgence of the Taliban in the south during 2006-2007 seems to have been fueled at least in part by an alliance with the poppy traffickers13 • Fred Kaplan notes that the Taliban never really left the south, it was the coalition that did after OEF wound down, and their return to the region has sparked clashes with the Taliban14 Vanda Felbab-Brown's Audit of the Conventional Wisdom, "A Better Strategy Against Narcoterrorism," makes important suggestions for a U.S. counternarcotics strategy in Afghanistan • http://web.mit.edu/cis/pdf/Audit_01_06_Vanda.pdf
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