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We have taken on a much more aggressive “I can blow it to smithereens,” says
approach toward counternarcotics. We’ve
Maj. Gen. Michael S. Tucker, USA,
had a series of operations already ... with
deputy chief of staff for Operations
great results so far. ...
for ISAF, deputy commander for
Operations, U.S. Forces Afghanistan.
— Maj. Gen. Michael S. Tucker, USA, deputy chief of staff for Operations
Since receiving authorization from
for ISAF, deputy commander for Operations, U.S. Forces Afghan

istan
NATO to turn up the heat, “We have
taken on a much more aggressive
approach toward counternarcotics,”
Capt. Elizabeth B. Mathias, a spokes- problem,” says Deputy Assistant Sec- Tucker reports. “We’ve had a series
person for U.S. Forces Afghanistan, retary of Defense for Counternarcot- of operations already ... with great
says. The U.S. military performs a ics, Counterproliferation, and Global results so far. And we anticipate
supporting role in terms of counter- Threats Richard Douglas. more results in the future.”
narcotics efforts. “If, during security U.S. military forces will not eradi-
operations, U.S. forces come across cate fi elds of poppies. They will, Sowing the seeds
drug production-related facilities or however, support Afghanistan’s “Doing police work in Afghanistan,
supplies, U.S. forces can take appro- counternarcotics effort with intel- particularly along the border, is unlike
priate actions to destroy those mate- ligence, surveillance, and reconnais- anything you’ll fi nd most anywhere
rials,” she notes. sance capabilities. They will train else,” Douglas says. A tradition of law-
“Our role, of course, is to help the Afghan police and target drug lords lessness, combined with the presence
combatant commanders help the Af- who fi nance the Taliban. And, if in- of heavy weaponry and harsh terrain,
ghans get control of this issue because, telligence proves a drug lab produces ups the ante. “We work with the nar-
at the end of the day, this is an Afghan narcotics benefi ting the insurgency, cotics police and some of the tactical
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