Ministry of Counter Narcotics (Afghanistan)

The Ministry of Counter Narcotics ( / ) is a Ministry within the government of Afghanistan. It is headed by Zarar Ahmad Moqbel.

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, 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 co-ordinating 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

• Minister of Counter Narcotics — Zarar Ahmad Moqbel
• Deputy Minister for Policy and Coordination — Dr. Zafar

References

External links

• , official website

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