Poppy Blues: The Collapse of Poppy Eradication and the Road Ahead in Afghanistan

摘要

In 2002, facing a fast-rising tide of Afghan opium, the Bush Administration's response seemed puzzling. Apparently, the CIA was well aware their "Northern Alliance" partners had financed themselves by selling opium and heroin. The labs and storehouses of Afghanistan would have been sensible bombing targets if Afghanistan were to be made anew. The British government urged the Pentagon to target key drug facilities. The American reply was that drugs and terror were different issues. Not only did the CIA not want to alienate its Afghan partners, it also hoped that the agency's longstanding contacts with Afghanistan's drug-growing warlords would be an asset in the search for Osama bin Laden.