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2009-06-28 Afghanistan

Afghan minister says drug strategy is 'perfect'

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Posted by gorb 2009-06-28 04:53|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Yea, the Afghan drug policy is wonderful, the Taliban & Al-Qaida terrorists love it --- $$$$$ for spreading jihadic cancer.

Posted by Mark Espinola 2009-06-28 05:32|| 2009-06-28 05:32|| Front Page Top

#2 How long has it been now since we stopped supporting poppy eradication? I thought it was a year or two ago, at least.

Posted by gromky 2009-06-28 07:15|| 2009-06-28 07:15|| Front Page Top

#3 This appears to be the new strategy.
United Nations officials in Afghanistan are attempting to create a "flood of drugs" in the country intended to destroy the value of opium and force poppy farmers to switch to legal crops such as wheat.

After the failure to destroy fields of the scarlet flowers in Afghanistan's volatile south, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says the answer is to stop the drugs from leaving the country in the first place.

Posted by tipper 2009-06-28 10:23|| 2009-06-28 10:23|| Front Page Top

#4 So the UN wants to transform Afghanistan into a nation of stoners?

Posted by Don Vito Crolutle2068 2009-06-28 13:00|| 2009-06-28 13:00|| Front Page Top

#5 These remarks appear to be for local comsumption.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-06-28 13:21|| 2009-06-28 13:21|| Front Page Top

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