Afghan President Hamid Karzai said today that if current trends continue, his war-battered country hopes to eradicate opium poppy cultivation in five to ten years.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said today that if current trends continue, his war-battered country hopes to eradicate opium poppy cultivation in five to ten years.

Afghanistan’s interior minister, one of the most prominent faces in President Hamid Karzai’s Cabinet, has announced his resignation after struggling to combat Afghanistan’s booming drug trade.

One of the most prominent faces in Afghan president Hamid Karzai’s Cabinet, Ahmad Ali Jalali, who had struggled to shake-up the Interior Ministry and combat Afghanistan’s booming drugs trade, announced his resignation today.