Today is Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:11:28 -0700
The Intelligence Daily: Uncensored World News
  You are here: Home > Trafficking > Drugs > US envoy to Afghanistan: Poppy eradication waste of money
GovMint.com- Gold on the Rise - Buy Now at GovMint.com!. Click here!

Ultimate Year Supply

Find books fast

US envoy to Afghanistan: Poppy eradication waste of money


Telegraph
Last updated:
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:54:00 +0000

Britain will continue to fund the destruction of opium fields in Afghanistan despite the United States condemning poppy eradication as a waste of money.

The British Government said destroying poppy fields remained a key deterrent to growers and one of the "seven pillars" of its anti-opium strategy in Helmand province, just a day after Richard Holbrooke, the US envoy to Afghanistan, said that destroying the crop only drove poor farmers to join the insurgency.


Read more



Receive free updates



 
Receive free updates What is RSS?
feed mail twitter twitter
Sponsors
More News 

Links
Recent Comments

Search



About

The Intelligence Daily is an uncensored news site that strives to cover the news in a way that best reflects the trajectory of economic, political/geopolitical developments and major world events. Moreover, this site propagates information and views that have been underreported, covered up by governments, corporations, and the major media outlets...

Site links: About | Writers | Contact | Blog



Subscription Options



 

 Copyright © 2007-2009 The Intelligence Daily News Service. Privacy statement. Disclaimer.