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New Course for Antidrug Efforts in Afghanistan

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The new drug policy in Afghanistan will acknowledge the act that after continuous efforts only about 3% of the opium crop was eradicated through destruction of opium popy fields. The policy was difficult to execute because it was the livelihood of farmers and because of Taliban opposition. THe focus will now be says Holbrooke, on interdicting flow of opium, and providing alternative crops for farmers. Gernerally experts from the UN to Brookings welcome the shift.


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