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May 23, 2012
Posted by Ryan Evans
There is a
robust poppy eradication in Helmand and it is
the single most destructive and predatory thing
being done to the
population.Both the US and
Britain would be well-served by an honest
assessment of our collective shortcomings in
addressing the scourge of poppy farming and the
opium trade in Afghanistan's Helmand Province.
As a U.S. Army civilian employee, I worked in
Helmand alongside British troops in 2010-11 and
am one of a small number of people who has
conducted field research to assess the impact
of counter-narcotics programs on the population
in Helmand. Unfortunately, Sean Rayment's
article
in the Telegraph –
'Why
Britain's pledge to end Afghanistan's deadly
heroin trade has failed' – is riddled with
factual inaccuracies and a dated view of
counter-narcotics policies and programs in
Afghanistan.
Read more at
Kings
of War.
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