The Implications Of Taliban Rule For The Southern African Drug Trade

The Implications Of Taliban Rule For The Southern African Drug Trade From afghanistan to mozambique’s cabo delgado – the implications of taliban rule for the southern african drug trade. mozambique army soldiers pass a destroyed building in palma, cabo delgado. Current study. to gain deeper insights into the nature and extent of the taliban’s involvement in the drug trade in afghanistan from 1994 to 2022, this study interviewed 12 experts currently considering the links between organized crime and insurgency in afghanistan.

The Implications Of Taliban Rule For The Southern African Drug Trade As cultivation exploded during the 1990s, the farmgate prices for opium plummeted. the 2000 ban by the taliban and the resulting supply contraction of 75% did in fact substantially increase prices. N, as the taliban have taken control of the country once again. perhaps the leading supplier of illicit drugs to east and southern africa, afghanistan is a source most common ly of heroin – which is traficked by the ‘southern route’ overland to the indian ocean and then overseas to the ea. t african seaboard – but also increasingly. Afghanistan’s drug trade is booming under taliban rule. soon after taking power last august, the taliban vowed to crack down on narcotics. fast forward to april of this year, and they seemed to make good on that promise, issuing a decree that unequivocally banned the production and sale of illicit drugs. unfortunately, that decree has been. While the taliban successfully restricted poppy cultivation during their previous rule in 2000, the subsequent economic ruin damaged support for the group in their southern, opium producing heartland.

The Implications Of Taliban Rule For The Southern African Drug Trade Afghanistan’s drug trade is booming under taliban rule. soon after taking power last august, the taliban vowed to crack down on narcotics. fast forward to april of this year, and they seemed to make good on that promise, issuing a decree that unequivocally banned the production and sale of illicit drugs. unfortunately, that decree has been. While the taliban successfully restricted poppy cultivation during their previous rule in 2000, the subsequent economic ruin damaged support for the group in their southern, opium producing heartland. The impact of afghanistans drug trade on its neighbours 3 contents acronyms and abbreviations 4 summary 5 1. introduction 7 2. backdrop 9 2.1. the supply question 9 2.2. surging cross border movement 10 3. pakistan 12 3.1. mapping the drug trade, past and present 12 3.2. geographic hubs 14 3.3. policy responses 18 4. iran 20 4.1. Africa 71 the americas 73 1.4 case study: opiate trafficking through baluchistan and fata 75 baluchistan 75 federally administrated tribal areas (fata) 82 1.5 policy implications 89 2. acetic anhydride trafficking 2.1 the current state of the illicit acetic anhydride market 91 2.2 acetic anhydride trafficking to afghanistan 103.

The Implications Of Taliban Rule For The Southern African Drug Trade The impact of afghanistans drug trade on its neighbours 3 contents acronyms and abbreviations 4 summary 5 1. introduction 7 2. backdrop 9 2.1. the supply question 9 2.2. surging cross border movement 10 3. pakistan 12 3.1. mapping the drug trade, past and present 12 3.2. geographic hubs 14 3.3. policy responses 18 4. iran 20 4.1. Africa 71 the americas 73 1.4 case study: opiate trafficking through baluchistan and fata 75 baluchistan 75 federally administrated tribal areas (fata) 82 1.5 policy implications 89 2. acetic anhydride trafficking 2.1 the current state of the illicit acetic anhydride market 91 2.2 acetic anhydride trafficking to afghanistan 103.