The Drug-Terror Cycle: How Afghanistan Poppy Production Fuels Global Terrorism V

The Drug-Terrorism Cycle:

War lords and terrorist organizations, providing security, and coercing farmers to grow poppy in Afghanistan are fueling the drug-terror cycle. The United States Military and coalition forces also affect the drug-terror cycle. The cycle is part economic and part military. Governments are contributing to the cycle as well as individuals. Depicted in chart number one in the Appendix is a flow chart that outlines the drug-terrorism cycle. This flow chart will be thoroughly explained throughout the next section and will portray the problem Afghanistan faces in its future war against terrorism and narcotics. There are two separate parts to this flow chart. It will be broken down into two sections throughout this segment. A simpler chart will be provided at the end of each section that will provide information that is more easily interpreted.


The Drug Terrorism Cycle Flow