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Table 2 presents the four priorities and the eight pillars of action of the NDCS.
Table 2. The National Drug Control Strategy
4 priorities
Disrupting the drug trade by
targeting traffickers and
their backers and
eliminating the basis for
trade
Strengthening and
diversifying legal rural
livelihoods
Reducing the demand for
illicit drugs and treatment of
problem drug users
Strengthening state
institutions both at the
center and in the provinces
8 pillars of action
Public
Awareness
International
and Regional
Cooperation
Alternative
Livelihoods
Demand
Reduction
and
Treatment
of Addicts
Law
enforcement
Criminal
Justice
Eradication
Institution
Building
3.3.2 The actors involved
The main actors involved in implementing this strategy are:
Within the Afghan government:
• The Ministry of Counter-Narcotics (MCN) is responsible for national policy, coordination
and the monitoring and evaluation of counter narcotics operations.
• The Ministry of the Interior (MoI), which includes a vice ministry in charge of drugrelated
issues and the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA). The border police are
also involved in the fight against the trafficking of opiates and the chemical precursors needed to
process opium into morphine and heroin.
• The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) are responsible
for judging people involved in the production and trafficking of drugs (see section 5.2.3 for more
details)
• Governors supervise all economic and political development operations in their
provinces, including anti-drug operations. They are responsible, among other things, for certain
eradication activities: Governor-Led Eradication (GLE).
At the level of the international community:
• The US government is involved in counter-narcotics activities on a number of levels:
- The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) which comes
under the control of the State Department, is responsible for reducing the illegal entry of
drugs into the United States and minimising the impact of international crime on the United
States and its population. In Afghanistan, it provides the NDCS with support on a range of
operations. They recently put in place 7 Counter-Narcotics Advisory Teams (CNAT) in 7
provinces, to provide governors with support in applying the NDCS.
- The Department of Justice (DOJ) provides the Afghan Ministry of Justice and the CJTF with
support in arresting and judging criminals involved in the production and trafficking of
drugs.
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