iaamoac wrote:
The government then adopted its current poppy eradication strategy,
destroying poppy fields, but the struggle would be a long one, Karzai
warned. Now we know: it will take a number of years with the
continued help of the international community (Traci Hukill, U.N.
Wire, June
A bit of perspective on our recent discussions on this topic:
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The Afghan administration had made an error its first year by paying
farmers not to grow poppies. We wanted to be kind to the farmers,
he [Karzai] said. But this encouraged every other farmer to grow
