Despite the new U.N. findings, Afghan and NATO forces are unlikely to start trying to eradicate the cannabis crops, in part because Western policies over the past several years aimed at eradicating Afghanistan's mammoth opium crops are widely regarded by U.S. officials to have failed miserably. Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, told G-8 leaders in Italy last year that the anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan "did not result in any damage to the Taliban, but they put farmers out of work."
Ecco spiegato in poche parole, perchè in A.gan c'è ancora tanto oppio da raccogliere, semplicemente perchè non ci sono le infrastrutture per cambiare l'economia di sussistenza dei coltivatori.
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