Ministry of Counter Narcotics

Ministry of Counter Narcotics
Pashto: د مخدره موادو پر ضد وزارت
Persian: وزارت مبارزه عليه مواد مخدر
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Afghanistan
Ministers responsible
  • unknown, Minister of Counter Narcotics
  • Abdul Haq Akhund, Deputy Minister of Counter Narcotics
Websitemcn.gov.af

The Ministry of Counter Narcotics (Pashto: د مخدره موادو پر ضد وزارت; Persian: وزارت مبارزه عليه مواد مخدر) was a ministry within the government of Afghanistan.

The ministry led the coordination, policy-making, monitoring and evaluation of all counter-narcotics activities and efforts. All activities were 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.[1]

  1. ^ Zabriskie, Phil (30 September 2009). "Afghanistan's drug czar - world's toughest job". CNN.