Karzai reluctant to allow spraying of heroin producing crop
(Newser) -
The US is pressing the Afghan government to stem its booming poppy crop with mass spraying following the biggest opium harvests in its history—which accounts for 91% of the world's production. Therein lies much of the resurgent Taliban's revenue, the
New York Times reports, but Karzai fears a Taliban-inspired...
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