U.S. Blacklists and the Suspends Blacklist against Largest Afghan Private Airline for Smuggling Opium in Bulk

          In early January 2013, the U.S. military blacklisted Kam Air, Afghanistan’s largest private airline, alleging that it is smuggling “bulk” quantities of opium on civilian flights to Tajikistan, and barred Kam Air from receiving U.S. military contracts.[1]  However, on February 4, 2013, the U.S. Central Command announced that it had suspended the blacklisting of Kam Air, after the Afghan government promised a thorough investigation of the drug allegations that the U.S. military has made.[2]