Afghanistan Rejects Colombia-style Program

Rebuffing months of U.S. pressure, Afghan President Hamid Karzai decided against a Colombia-style program to spray this country's heroin-producing poppies after the Cabinet worried herbicide would hurt legitimate crops, animals and humans, officials said Thursday.

Afghanistan: Karzai just says no to glyphosate

By vladimiro on Jan 28, 2007, 10:47 in Politics & the war.

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juancegomez says on Jan 28, 2007, 19:11: Good news on that front You certainly won't see me complaining about this. Not at all. Now if only this decision was a "model" (if you want to call it that) for Colombia.... 0 funny, 0 helpful.

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