Interesting video on what the NYTimes report on Karzai’s Brother and the US “War on Drugs” have in common…
(As a side note: if we are really serious about the drug war… why would we not just burn the crops and supply the resources to develop a new product for export… like oil and gas?)
On Nov 1, 2009 The Afghan minister of counter narcotics says foreign troops are earning money from drug production in Afghanistan.
General Khodaidad said the majority of drugs are stockpiled in two provinces controlled by troops from the US, the UK, and Canada, IRNA reported on Saturday.
He went on to say that NATO forces are taxing the production of opium in the regions under their control.
Afghanistan is the world’s biggest supplier of opium.
Drug production in the Central Asian country has increased dramatically since the US-led invasion eight years ago.YouTube – Obama Bribes Taliban / US Occupiers Profit From Drug Trade – Afghan Minister.
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