Afghan opium is UK's problem, says Rumsfeld
Talking to US servicemen and women at a town hall meeting in Washington on Thursday, US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld said the opium production in Afghanistan has gone up since the fall of the Taliban regime.
He said Britain has taken the lead in trying to curb the production of opium, which is used for making heroin, in Afghanistan because "they have had the greatest concern about it. The United States has offered to help the UK."
[NB. The UK Mirror ran an item contradicting this statement saying, Britain has abandoned plans to wipe out Afghanistan's poppy fields despite fears this year's opium harvest will be the biggest ever.]
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