Taliban Push Poppy Production to a Record Again
August 25th, 2007 | by jeff | | Post to NewsCloud »
Mr. Wood said the current American programs for eradication, interdiction and alternative livelihoods should be intensified, but he added that spraying poppy crops with herbicide remained “a possibility.” Afghan and British officials have opposed spraying, saying it would drive farmers into the arms of the Taliban.
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