Story by Staff Sgt. Brendan Mackie | 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii) | 07.29.2012
Cannabis is the most lucrative cash crop in Afghanistan, generating an annual income of more than $9,000 per farmer, according to a report by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes. Last year, a Robat-area farmer more than doubled that amount by growing and exporting an even more profitable, but legal, crop: sweet melons....
Story by Spc. Scott Matheson | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 04.24.2012
The commander of Combined Task Force Viper, Col. Gary Johnston, hosted a Key Leader Engagement, April 16 at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak with the commander of 4th Kandak, 3rd Afghan Border Police, Lt. Col. Said Sharif Sartif, to acknowledge and discuss the ABP’s recent seizure of 10,000 pounds of hashish over a period of five days this month in southern Kandahar province....
