Afghan governor supports spraying of opium poppies

The new governor of Afghanistan’s largest opium-producing province today said he supports a US-backed plan to spray herbicide on lucrative poppy fields, and that he will ask Taliban fighters to support the government.

Gov. Asadullah Wafa, who replaced Mohammad Daud as Helmand province governor last month, said his policy as governor will be to talk with all Afghans, from tribal leaders to Taliban fighters.