Thursday, April 28, 2011

Drug money continues to fund Taliban operations

Defence analyst Maria Sultan claimed on last night’s Express 24/7show Witness with Quatrina Hosain that the US was contributing to the Taliban in part by allowing the poppy trade to flourish.

Quatrina Hosain hosted former ambassador Asif Ezdi, Editor of Blue Chip magazine Humayun Gohar and Director of South Asian Strategic Stability Institute Maria Sultan in the program to talk about the Pakistan-America relationship and the recent Wikileaks cables.

The cables released over the weekend reveal that the US had the ISI listed as a terrorist organisation.

Sultan questioned the US approach towards controlling the booming poppy cultivation in Afghanistan which was undoubtedly one source for the Taliban to fund its continued operations on both sides of the Durand line. Furthermore there was a ready supply of weapons and other supplies available from raiding NATO supply lines. More >>>