PERAN TALIBAN DALAM PRODUKSI OPIUM DI AFGHANISTAN TAHUN 2007 – 2011

ABSTRACT: This  reasearch  analyzes  the  role  of  Taliban  in  Opium  trade  in  Afghanistan, especially  during  2007  until  2011.  Afghanistan  is  the  world’s  largest  producer  of  opium. Since Taliban become the most powerful group in Afghanistan, Taliban is the one  of most detrimental impact of opium poppy cultivation and opium trafficking in Afghanistan. Since  the  2001  U.S.  invasion  of  Afghanistan,  the  poppy  trade  has  played  a criticalmdestabilizing  role,  both  in  corrupting  the  Afghan  government  and  police  and  inbankrolling the resurgence of the Taliban. This reasearch shows how Taliban commanders on the village level have expanded their activities related to drugs from collecting extortion and charging protection fees to running heroin refineries and other smuggling schemes. The datas were collected from many source like books, journals, and website that can support  this  reasearch.  In  this  reasearch,  the  reasearch  uses  pluralism  perspective  to describe  the  role  of  Thaliban  on  increassing  opium  production  in  Afghanistan.  This reasearch  is  supported  by  role  theory.  Liberalism  concept  is  also  provided  to  support  this reasearch.
Keyword: Opium Pruduction and trade, Taliban, Insurgency
Penulis: Dicka Endri Lavina
Kode Jurnal: jpsosiologidd150454

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