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2011-09-30 Afghanistan

Poppy crop will decline only slightly due to coalition

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Posted by trailing wife 2011-09-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Instead, the coalition has backed efforts to bolster Afghanistan's roads, storage facilities and irrigation so that legal crops, such as wheat, are viable. By contrast, poppy is an easy crop to grow, store and sell and requires little water or herbicides.

The poppy, opium, and Black Tar Heroin as you know, do not need good roads for distribution. They are easily transported to consumers in zip files over the internet.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-09-30 11:16|| 2011-09-30 11:16|| Front Page Top

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