Poppy Crop Will Decline Only Slightly Due To Coalition -- USA Today
Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan will go down only slightly this year despite intense coalition and Afghan efforts to reduce a crop that funds Taliban operations.
The trend reflects the challenge of weaning farmers off poppy even as coalition and Afghan forces have made progress in many other areas, including improved security across large swaths of Afghanistan.
"To fix this issue it is going to be a much longer timeline than we initially expected," said Marine Maj. Gordon Hilbun, economic plans officer for Task Force Leatherneck in southern Afghanistan.
Read more ....
My Comment: The poppy crop is down only slightly .... who are they kidding. Law enforcement on this issue is a joke, with no willingness from anyone in the Afghan government to the coalition itself in putting a stop to this horrid trade.
No comments:
Post a Comment