[news] Afghanistan's 'Drug War' Yields Wrong Kinds of Casualties

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

by DOUG SAUNDERS - The Globe & Mail

"Last week, I saw a man sitting next to his poppy crop and crying,"..."He told me that he'd been paid in advance for his poppy, and how can he possibly pay it back now that it's been eradicated? He told me, 'I have no choice, but I have a 14-year-old daughter who I have to give to a smuggler as payment' "...[K]illing a poor farmer's crop can have nasty consequences.  


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