U.S.: 50 drug barons targets in Afghanistan
All purportedly have links to Taliban
Posted: August 11, 2009 at 4:58 a.m.
A U.S. military "kill or capture" list of 367 wanted insurgents in Afghanistan includes 50 major drug traffickers who give money to Taliban militants, U.S. military commanders told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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