The nexus international terrorism and drug trafficking from Afghanistan

This book examines the specific issue of whether or not there is a nexus (link or point of convergence) between international opium and heroin trafficking and terrorist networks operating in or from Afghanistan. Since 9/11 many public officials and others have made definitive statements concerning a...

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Main Author: Shanty, Frank 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, CA Praeger Security International © 2011
Series:a Praeger books online
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Table of Contents:
  • Afghanistan : introduction, research questions, terms, and concepts
  • Afghanistan's opium problem
  • Drugs-terror nexus in Afghanistan : claims, counterclaims, and accusations
  • The Taliban, Al Qaeda, and the Afghan insurgency
  • International terrorism in Afghanistan
  • Opium industry in Afghanistan : warlords, criminals, and the corruption of public officials
  • Terrorism and the opium trade in Afghanistan
  • The drug trade in Afghanistan : a complex system