Pubdate: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2007 The Province Contact: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Afghanistan ANTI-DRUG POLICIES NEED OVERHAULING LONDON -- Counter-narcotics policies in Afghanistan need to be urgently overhauled before they push the people of southern Afghanistan into the arms of the Taliban insurgency, a security think tank said yesterday. A poppy-eradication program that began last month has already sparked a new wave of violence, said Norine MacDonald, president of the Senlis Council, a European security think tank. She said the program was costing NATO the popular support it needed to counter a looming Taliban offensive. - --- MAP posted-by: Derek