The Ministry of Counter Narcotics ( ps, د مخدره موادو پر ضد وزارت; fa, وزارت مبارزه عليه مواد مخدر) is a
ministry
Ministry may refer to:
Government
* Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister
* Ministry (government department), a department of a government
Religion
* Christian ...
within the
government of Afghanistan
The government of Afghanistan, officially called the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is the central government of Afghanistan, a unitary state. Under the leadership of the Taliban, the government is a theocracy and an emirate with political pow ...
.
The ministry leads the coordination, policy-making, monitoring and evaluation of all counter-narcotics activities and efforts. All activities are carried out in view of the
Constitution of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a totalitarian theocracy and emirate in which the Taliban Islamic Movement holds a monopoly on power. Dissent is not permitted, and politics are mostly limited to internal Taliban policy debates and power struggles. As the govern ...
, the Afghan Drug Law and Afghanistan's National Drug Control Strategy (NDCS).
The role of Minister of Counter Narcotics has been described as the world's toughest job.
Functions
Opium production in Afghanistan exceeds by far the opium produced in the rest of the world. The ministry has the lead on coordinating and evaluating the Afghan Drug Law and the NDCS.
The ministry has eight pillars of activity:
* institution building
* law enforcement
* international and regional cooperation
* eradication
* public awareness
* alternative livelihoods
* criminal justice
* demand reduction
There are four published priorities for activity:
Ministers
*
Zarar Ahmad Osmani (
Zarar Ahmad Moqbel) 2009–2013
* Mobarez Rashidi 2013–2015
*
Salamat Azimi 2015–?
See also
*
Council of Ministers (Afghanistan)
A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or nat ...
References
External links
mcn.gov.af official website
Prison for drug traffickers inaugurated
Ministries of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Counter Narcotics
Drug control law enforcement agencies in Afghanistan
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