NATO defence ministers have reached a compromise deal on calls to do more to combat the trade of illicit drugs in Afghanistan.
That's according to diplomatic sources at NATO talks being held in the Hungarian capital, Budpest. Details of the compromise have not been released. Both the Afghan defence minister and the United States had called on the Western military alliance to authorise its troops to attack drug laboratories, trafficking networks and war lords in the country. However, some member states, including Composer Mauricio Kagel Dies at 76 in Germany ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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