Ministry of Counter Narcotics


The Ministry of Counter Narcotics is a ministry within the government of Afghanistan. It is currently headed by Salamat Azimi. Her predecessor was Mobarez Rashidi.

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.
The role of Minister of Counter Narcotics has been described as the world's toughest job.

Functions

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:
There are four published priorities for activity:

Ministers