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US announces big shift in Afghanistan drug policy

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Posted: Saturday, June 27, 2009 8:07 pm | Updated: 2:26 am, Sat Oct 8, 2011.

TRIESTE, Italy — The U.S. is shifting its strategy against Afghanistan's drug trade, phasing out funding for opium eradication while boosting efforts to fight trafficking and promote alternate crops, the U.S. envoy for Afghanistan said Saturday.

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