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Afghanistan
Afghan Drug Trade; Cartels, Trafficking Route, and Government Complicity
2023-06-06
[KhaamaPress] Several related economic activities are involved in Afghanistan drug trafficking. Cartels maintain a symbiotic relationship with the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
 by giving farmers advances to plant ephedra and opium while providing the financial assistance necessary to keep the jihadist proto-state alive.

These cartels use Pak sources to facilitate the acquisition of chemicals required to produce drugs. In addition, diverse nationalities are used as hostages until their cartels can afford to pay for the delivery of the drugs, and terrorist groups offer security services in exchange for payment, said Hamid Pakteen, reported by Afghan Diaspora Network.
Posted by:trailing wife

#10  Yet the people are starving an fleeing to Iran.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-06-06 14:47  

#9  That's $3.2 billion. Period didn't copy/paste correctly.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-06-06 13:44  

#8   It is not enough cash to keep the Taliban afloat.

The US is still giving the Afghans $1 billion/year and The United Nations and humanitarian agencies have revised the budget for Afghanistan's aid plan for 2023 to $32 billion, down from $4.6 billion earlier in the year, the U.N. humanitarian office said on Monday.. The Taliban, of course, get first dibs.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-06-06 13:40  

#7  What? Did you really think the Taliban would stop it?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2023-06-06 12:26  

#6  It is not enough cash to keep the Taliban afloat. It will take the Chinese exploiting their resources.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-06-06 09:58  

#5  @#2 - Kinda like that economic blockade of Cuba...60+ years and just running like a top.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-06-06 08:16  

#4  So sort of like Mexico.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-06-06 07:59  

#3  If what has worked successfully? I gather you are being ironic.
Posted by: Tarzan Grolump8219   2023-06-06 07:39  

#2  /\ There is no sense in asking for CIA/DIA studies on this; the USA has funded Pakistan for longer than that, and no one in Washington wants to reveal that history of policy failure.

If it's worked successfully for seven decades, it's probably not a US government failure.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-06-06 07:30  

#1  "These cartels use Pak sources to facilitate the acquisition of chemicals required to produce drugs." The Pakistan military intelligence ISI has been directly involved in the Afghan drug trade for more than half a century.
There is no sense in asking for CIA/DIA studies on this; the USA has funded Pakistan for longer than that, and no one in Washington wants to reveal that history of policy failure. Check back in 75 years.
Posted by: Tarzan Grolump8219   2023-06-06 07:26  

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