Destroying Afghan opium crop: But does it help?‎

SHEWAN, Afghanistan, April 25 (Reuters) - Big red tractors plough through lush fields, ripping up white and pink opium poppy blossoms alongside a stretch of highway in western Afghanistan guarded by U.S. and Afghan troops.

"You can knock all the fields down, but you've got to give them something else because now you'll just turn them against you. You just took food out their kid's mouth ... most of these people are pretty poor," Burden added.

Destroying Afghan opium crop: But does it help?‎