The aggressive United States-led counter-narcotics policy of crop eradication has failed to win the support of Afghans, because it has triggered a chain reaction of poverty and violence in which poor farmers, with their only livelihood destroyed, are unable to feed their families. This has been exacerbated by the failure to provide even the most basic aid and development in the country’s poorest areas.
国际社会到目前为止推行的是摧毁政策，而不是所承诺的重建。美国领导下的激进的铲除种植的反毒品政策没有赢得阿富汗人民的支持，因为它引发了一系列贫困和暴力的连锁反应。当贫穷农民唯一的生计被破坏以后，他们就连养家糊口也成了问题。由于未能在该国最贫穷的地区提供哪怕最基本的发展援助，更加剧了这一局面的恶化。