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Dmitry
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Dmitry asked in Politics & GovernmentMilitary · 1 decade ago

Afghanistan and opium poppy?

Why is NATO in Afghanistan is not engaged in the destruction of opium poppy?

Update:

5% of the inhabitants of the earth - addicts.

From drug addiction 10000 people die each year.

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  • CRFI
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    Two reasons, USA needs to stabilize Afghanistan and Opium is the only export of that Capitalist country , it is obvious that it would be a bad policy for USA to hunt down Opium farmers.

    2) US DEA is ther real dealer of drugs in the World, the objective of DEA is just to prevent an overproduction of Heroin, Cocaine, Meth, etc,to protect its price.

    3) Afghanistan, Albania and Kosovo are the routes for Opium, all these countries are US protectorates, Do you undrestand me..... ? .....

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    the Poppy crops were eradicated by the Taliban, with the US forces and NATO occupation poppy production is now by far higher than anything even under the Soviet occupation.

    it brings in millions of dollars that sustain whole regions of the country's population.

    if it was not for the poppy production the US would be required to feed millions more Afgans than we do today (like we do in Iraq already)

    thats why the US turns a blind eye towards poppy production then blames the Taliban for it at the same time (even though most of it is in areas the Taliban does NOT control

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The real reason?

    Because our CIA makes money from the sale of opium.

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