August 10, 2009

US to target ‘Afghan drug lords’

The US has put 50 Afghans suspected to be drug traffickers with Taliban links on a list of people to be "captured or killed", the New York Times reports.
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Two American generals have told the US Congress that the policy is legal under the military's rules of engagement and international law, the paper says.
In a report, yet to be released, it was described as a key strategy to disrupt the flow of drug money to the Taliban.
The move is a major shift in America's counter-narcotics drive in Afghanistan...Full Story

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