Agriculture Key to Success: Afghan Minister

Published May 20, 2009

Canada and the West dropped the ball by failing to properly facilitate agricultural development in Afghanistan, and are now paying the price with rising security threats from the Taliban, Afghan Agriculture Minister Asif Rahimi says.

"They thought if they built roads, bridges, and provided drinking water, agriculture would just work," Mr. Rahimi said in an interview in Ottawa last week. "They were very...

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