Afghanistan: US Strikes on Taliban Opium Labs Won't Work, say Afghan Farmers

Nov 23, 2017 | Mohammad Stanekza and Girish Gupta, Reuters
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As U.S. and Afghan forces pound Taliban drug factories this week, farmers in the country’s largest opium producing-province and narcotics experts say the strategy just repeats previous failed efforts to stamp out the trade. Critics say the policy risks further civilian casualties and turning large swathes of the population dependent on poppy cultivation against the Afghan government.