Occupiers involved in drug trade: Afghan minister

Captain Furball

The Afghan minister of counter narcotics says foreign troops are earning money from drug production in Afghanistan.

General Khodaidad Khodaidad said the majority of drugs are stockpiled in two provinces controlled by troops from the US, the UK, and Canada, IRNA reported on Saturday.
He went on to say that NATO forces are taxing the production of opium in the regions under their control.


Afghanistan is the world’s biggest supplier of opium.
Drug production in the Central Asian country has increased dramatically since the US-led invasion eight years ago.

There have control of the drug trade, all thats left now is to install the pipelines to control Eurasian oil.

Manic Moran

"Taxing the drug trade" he says.

How? Are we having the locals file income tax returns? Perhaps there are shake-down checkpoints along the drug transit routes which somehow nobody has managed to complain about yet?

An interesting claim, by the lad. Unless there's a glitch in translation, somewhere. I note the original article comes from the Iranian official news agency.

NTM

McArmalite

Captain Furball wrote: »

The Afghan minister of counter narcotics says foreign troops are earning money from drug production in Afghanistan.

General Khodaidad Khodaidad said the majority of drugs are stockpiled in two provinces controlled by troops from the US, the UK, and Canada, IRNA reported on Saturday.
He went on to say that NATO forces are taxing the production of opium in the regions under their control.


Afghanistan is the world’s biggest supplier of opium.
Drug production in the Central Asian country has increased dramatically since the US-led invasion eight years ago.

There have control of the drug trade, all thats left now is to install the pipelines to control Eurasian oil.

Well it shouldn't surprise anyone that the british army are invovled in the drug trade, as some 20,000 ex brits are in the criminal justice system. Almost 1 in 10 prisioners are ex brits, it's more than twice the number currently serving in Afghanistan.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8c7_1253875444

minidazzler

McArmalite wrote: »

Well it shouldn't surprise anyone that the british army are invovled in the drug trade, as some 20,000 ex brits are in the criminal justice system. Almost 1 in 10 prisioners are ex brits, it's more than twice the number currently serving in Afghanistan.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8c7_1253875444

Got your soapbox back I see.

troubleshooter

Manic Moran wrote: »

"Taxing the drug trade" he says.

How? Are we having the locals file income tax returns? Perhaps there are shake-down checkpoints along the drug transit routes which somehow nobody has managed to complain about yet?

An interesting claim, by the lad. Unless there's a glitch in translation, somewhere. I note the original article comes from the Iranian official news agency.

NTM

Well spotted, Iran says so, it must be true !

Zambia

Captain Furball wrote: »

The Afghan minister of counter narcotics says foreign troops are earning money from drug production in Afghanistan.

The Afghan minister for Counter Narcotics. Its like taking speed advice from the captain of the Titanic.

That is some happy hippy h*rse**** right there.

Manic Moran

McArmalite wrote: »

Well it shouldn't surprise anyone that the british army are invovled in the drug trade, as some 20,000 ex brits are in the criminal justice system. Almost 1 in 10 prisioners are ex brits, it's more than twice the number currently serving in Afghanistan.

We already have a thread on this one. Enough of that.

NTM