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Sat 10 Oct 2008Nato troops to target figures in Afghan heroin trade
NATO MEMBERS agreed yesterday to launch direct attacks on the Afghan drug trade, which is believed to channel more than €70 million to Taliban insurgents each year.
Meeting in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, Nato defence ministers said International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) troops would target drug laboratories, trafficking networks and leading figures in the opium and heroin trade, in response to requests from the Afghan government.
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