Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Millions from Poppies

Taliban netting millions from poppies (AP)

An Afghan points to a the resin from poppy on a poppy field in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, April 9, 2007. Afghanistan is one of top producers of opium in the world. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq)AP - When the Taliban ordered Afghanistan's fields cleared of opium poppies seven years ago because of Islam's ban on drugs, fearful farmers complied en masse.


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