The greatest interest in Afghanistan is arguably drug trafficking; they are the leading producer of opiates in the world. Intelligence ought to be gathered to address how the Afghan government is curbing their drug industry. An analysis should outline how the United States can best assist their government in thwarting global drug trade.
Our other interest in Afghanistan ought to be in continuing our reconstruction effort. This has been supplied by President Bush’s Providential Reconstruction Team and is composed of two main missions: economic assistance and social reconstruction assistance. Economic assistance has been given to small, private businesses. Intelligence ought to investigate if those funds are being used competently to bring about reconstruction through increased business and employment opportunities.
Reconstruction efforts have also been instituted through social rebuilding. This has been realized through building roads, bridges, schools, and social infrastructures. Intelligence ought to verify the affects on Afghan society and assure the economic and labor investment. Furthermore, intelligence ought to realize when a point of self-sustenance is attained by the Afghans.
Timeframe: Our interest in Afghanistan is directly related to its social stability. This
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Resources
Office of National Drug Control Policy (2008), Retrieved October 13, 2008 from www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/international/index.html
President Bush Administration (2005), Bush Administration Actions To Implement WMD Commission Recommendations, Retrieved January 6, 2009 from www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/09/20080926-16.html; Since move; viewable at http://fidonet.ozzmosis.com/echomail/whitehouse/fd33b86164da7198.html
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