NY Times: Afghans Accuse US of Secret Spraying to Kill Poppies
I don't know that these accounts are true. My guess is that, even if the US Embassy's statement is technically true, (a) some other nation could be doing it, and (b) if (a), it's almost certainly with the US' tacit permission, at the least.
I don't know that these accounts are true. My guess is that, even if the US Embassy's statement is technically true, (a) some other nation could be doing it, and (b) if (a), it's almost certainly with the US' tacit permission, at the least.
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Date: 27 February 2005 16:54 (UTC)Well, what do they expect, now that we're no longer paying the Taliban to discourage poppy production?