Friday, July 3, 2009
US changes strategy in war against illegal drugs in Afghanistan.
The United States is shifting its strategy against Afghanistan's drug trade, phasing out funding for opium eradication while boosting efforts to fight trafficking and promote alternate crops, the U.S. envoy for the region said Saturday.The aim of the new policy: to deprive the Taliban of the tens of millions of dollars in drug revenue that is fueling its insurgency.
According to the U.S. envoy in Afghanistan, "poppy eradication is a waste of money, was not working and was driving farmers into the hands of the Taliban.
Sounds like a simple plan. Convince farmers to give up a lucrative business and bring heroin users to try menthol cigarettes.
For more, see LATimes.com
According to the U.S. envoy in Afghanistan, "poppy eradication is a waste of money, was not working and was driving farmers into the hands of the Taliban.
Sounds like a simple plan. Convince farmers to give up a lucrative business and bring heroin users to try menthol cigarettes.
For more, see LATimes.com
Labels: Afghanistan, Afghanistan drug war, Afghanistan war, heroin trade, opium, opium trade, poppy war, U.N.
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