Afghan opium corp up 40 percent from 2005

[Geggy]

Let's see who is the fool now should we?

From March 2005...

The report says that the October 2004 national elections gave the government greater legitimacy to deal with the problems. But it says that while the national government has condemned the drug trade, "[it] does not have sufficient power throughout the national territory to suppress it."

The report says that the United States, in cooperation with the United Kingdom, has developed a program to assist the government of Afghanistan in its counternarcotics efforts.

The program includes: building popular support for the counternarcotics effort through public awareness campaigns; creating alternative income sources in rural areas; building the capacity of the law enforcement and judicial systems; destroying drug labs; dismantling the trafficking networks; and eradicating crops.

The report says that sustained international assistance for economic diversification, drug education and law enforcement can reduce Afghanistan's opium production over time but adds, "drug processing and trafficking can be expected to continue until security is established and drug law enforcement capabilities can be increased."