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Article: Colombia helps Afghanistan wage drug war; Hyde praises joint effort, renewed formal relations.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- August 25, 2005
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Byline: Rowan Scarborough, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Colombia and Afghanistan are becoming counterdrug allies.
Colombia has begun exporting counternarcotics know-how to Afghanistan in a bid to stem that country's record heroin production, which, in turn, bankrolls al Qaeda.
Much of the emphasis will be on Colombia's teaching the Afghans how to find and attack drug labs. Bogota yesterday re-established diplomatic ties with Kabul.
The two countries were brought together in the drug wars by House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry J. Hyde, Illinois Republican. He sent a letter in February to the chief of Colombia's national ...