A key component of the Government of Afghanistan's National Drug Control Strategy is to target drug trafficking networks. To this end, the Government of Afghanistan set up the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) in May 2005 with the objective of prosecuting serious drug trafficking offences across the country.

CJTF Key convictions:

The CJTF’s Chief Prosecutor has stated that five senior level drug traffickers had their convictions confirmed by the Supreme Court during this period, representing a significant success in the battle to bring down Afghanistan’s drug networks.
The Chief Prosecutor said 40 cases which are finalized and have been through the full legal process reflect ...more...

129 people have been arrested for drugs-related offenses in the last three months; the primary court convicted 66 people and the appeal court convicted 80 on drug related offences and a total of 29 people were acquitted by the Criminal Justice Task Force/Central Narcotics Tribunals ...more...

New general director appointed to lead counter narcotics prosecutions:

At the request of the Attorney General and with the approval of the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, a new Chief Prosecutor has been appointed to head the more...

Links between Narcotics and Terrorism in Afghanistan:Before providing you with factual information gathered by our own narcotic police forces about the link that exists between narcotics and terrorism in Afghanistan more...

The Two Faces of Opium:
Every day thousands of people suffer terrible pain simply because they cannot get proper medical treatment. The World Health Organization estimates that every year over six million cancer and HIV patients go through agony and die slow, lingering deaths. more...

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