Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 5 February 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what co-ordination of anti-narcotics policy is taking place between the Afghan Government, the US Operation Enduring Freedom military HQ Kabul, NATO Operations Plan and the British embassy drugs team in Kabul.
The Government of Afghanistan leads on coordinating and implementing counter-narcotics strategy in Afghanistan. The UK, as Afghanistan's G8 partner nation on counter narcotics, works extremely closely with the Afghan Government on its counter-narcotics policy. Our embassy in Kabul's counter narcotics team conducts capacity-building work within the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics and helps implement the Afghan Government's national drug control strategy nationwide. In addition, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) troops are mandated to provide support to Afghan-led counter narcotics operations. Head Quarters-International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) co-ordinates the NATO forces operations and deconflicts them from Operation Enduring Freedom activities. The Government of Afghanistan chairs counter-narcotics meetings which the UK and US embassies, and ISAF attend.
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