“
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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