House of Lords written question – answered at on 14 February 2006.
asked Her Majesty's Government:
What discussions they have had with the allied forces in Afghanistan with a view to the destruction of opium poppy crops in Afghanistan with aerial crop spraying.
We have not had any discussions with the Allied Forces in Afghanistan on aerial eradication. In a press release issued on
"where there are legal livelihoods, a credible threat of eradication is needed in order to incentivise the shift away from poppy cultivation. We will therefore carry out targeted ground-based eradication throughout Afghanistan in order to ensure we make maximum progress towards our long term elimination goal".
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