Afghan ag leader: Guard has helped wipe out poppies

Saturday, August 15, 2009

SEDALIA, Mo. -- An Afghan agriculture director said Friday that opium poppy production has been virtually eliminated in his province with the help of Missouri National Guard troops who have trained farmers to grow legal crops.

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