Afghanistan to drug lords: Invest profits here at home

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Afghanistan to drug lords: Invest profits here at home

March 15, 2006

BY DANIEL COONEY
LASHKARGAH, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan will encourage its powerful drug lords to invest their illegally earned profits in the war-shattered country, according to the governor of the nation's top opium-growing region.

The offer comes amid warnings of another bumper poppy crop that will fuel a booming narcotics trade, which already accounts for 35 percent of the country's income.

''We as a government will provide them the opportunity to use their money for the national benefit,'' Helmand Gov. Mohammed Daud said this week.

''They must invest in industries. They must invest in construction companies,'' he said.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-afghan15.html

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1. pakistan paid for their nuke program with opium

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