Obama Changes Tactics In ‘Disastrous’ War Against Afghanistan's Heroin Producers

A British soldier stands in a poppy field in Helmand Province, Afghanistan,
April, 2007. Rafiq Mazbool/AP


From Times Online:

President Obama is planning an overhaul of the ineffective anti-drugs policy in Afghanistan as Washington prepares to announce the non-military side of its strategy to defeat the Taleban.

Richard Holbrooke, the US envoy to the region, announced at the weekend that Congress would soon be asked for funds to rebuild the Afghan economy, in a joint approach with Mr Obama’s appeal to Nato for more forces to join the 17,000 extra troops that he has already promised. The US also wants to boost the Afghan police.

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My Comment: I have trouble believing that we would be successful in combating the drug trade in Afghanistan when we have trouble winning the drug war back home. But try they must.

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