Afghanistan: Report: Counter-Narcotics Effort in Afghanistan Ineffective

Nov 9, 2018 | FEDweek
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Even though the U.S. has spent more than $8 billion on efforts to thwart the opium cultivation and trade in Afghanistan, the problem is “worse than ever,” according to the latest report to Congress by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). Afghanistan remains the world’s leading producer of opium, “with production hitting an all-time high last year,” wrote John F. Sopko, the author of the Oct. 30 report. Sopko is SIGAR’s special inspector general. The ongoing results are a country with a populace mired in addiction-related misery, and a stream of money to fund the efforts of insurgents.