Posted on 08/26/2008 8:31:26 AM PDT by NorthOf45
United Nations say opium cultivation drops in Afghanistan
By The Associated Press
August 26, 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan - The UN's anti-drug office says opium poppy production in Afghanistan was down 19 per cent this year compared to 2007.
That due to successful campaigns in the north and east though fields in the south remain awash in the heroin-producing crop. Efforts to eradicate opium poppy fields in the south failed miserably, and the Taliban stand to earn tens of millions of dollars from the trade.
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I am loathe to believe anything coming from the UN.
Until further verified, I simply see no reason, beyond hopes, to believe this.
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“Kinda goes against what we are being told by all of the lefties.”
Maybe, but not so much. Opium production has increased a lot since we went into Afghanistan and even with this drop they still produce more than any other country in the world by a long shot. It’s good to see production dropping some, but it has to drop a lot more before it makes much of a difference in a world awash in relatively cheap heroin.
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