BUDAPEST, Hungary NATO defense ministers agreed Friday to allow attacks on Afghanistan’s drug trade , after the United States reached a compromise with its other 25 allies in a major shift in strategy for the alliance. The accord, accepted with...

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NATO MEMBERS agreed yesterday to launch direct attacks on the Afghan drug trade, which is believed to channel more than €70 million to Taliban insurgents each...
North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaders authorized direct military strikes against Afghanistan's flourishing drug industry, a significant escalation of the alliance's operations there. NATO Secretary-General de Hoop Scheffer addresses the...
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NATO defense ministers Friday authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to $100 million a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters. "With regard to counter-narcotics ... ISAF can act in concert...