U.S. Considers Paying Off Afghan Poppy Farmers

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07-30-2009, 06:41 am

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U.S. Considers Paying Off Afghan Poppy Farmers

As additional U.S. forces push deep into southern Afghanistan -- where the Taliban is the strongest and the cultivation of opium is the most lucrative -- the Obama administration is considering paying local farmers to cease planting poppies.

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