Poppy Field In The Khost Province Of AfghanistanFrom Reuters:
KABUL (Reuters) - A senior Afghan intelligence official has accused a number of parliamentarians of supporting Taliban insurgents, Afghan newspapers said on Wednesday.
Afghan and foreign troops are struggling to contain the growing Taliban insurgency while President Hamid Karzai's government is also coming under increasing international pressure to rein in rampant corruption fed by the booming drugs trade.
The deputy head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Dr. Abdullah, told parliament on Tuesday that a "number of delegates" in the parliament "supported drug traffickers and terrorists", several newspapers reported on Wednesday.
Abdullah, who uses only one name, did not elaborate and did not name any politicians.
Such allegations have been made in the past by ordinary Afghans and Western officials, but it is the first time a senior official has accused lawmakers of helping the Taliban.
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My Comment: Afghanistan's drug production is a symbol of the lack of strategic thinking and planning from the central Afghan Government and Nato forces. When an approach is developed and implemented on combating this problem .... this is when we will know that coalition forces are now serious in tackling Afghanistan's underlying problems. Until then .....