Pentagon Sees Aggressive Antidrug Effort in Afghanistan

Pentagon Sees Aggressive Antidrug Effort in Afghanistan

By THOM SHANKER

Published: March 25, 2005
The New York Times

WASHINGTON, March 24 - The American military will significantly increase its role in halting the production and sale of poppies, opium and heroin in Afghanistan, responding to bumper harvests that far exceed even the most alarming predictions, according to senior Pentagon officials.

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