Does Opium Fuel Insurgency? Evidence from Afghanistan

• In Event: Cases in Conflict

Brief Overview

This article analyzes empirical evidence and provides a new explanation for Afghanistan’s opium and war economy. This paper shows that insurgent groups deliberately launch attacks in the summer in order to adapt to the opium cultivation season.

Authors

• Jennifer Murtazashvili

• Liyang Zhou, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

• Pengshan Pan, University of Pittsburgh