U.S. Defense Minister Robert Gates looks across the room during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Budapest, Friday Oct. 10, 2008. NATO defense ministers on Friday agreed to authorize their troops in Afghanistan to attack the heroin trade which has been blamed for bankrolling the growing insurgency against international forces. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) By PAUL AMES Associated Press Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - NATO defense ministers Friday authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to US$100 million (euro74 million) a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters. "With regard to counter-narcotics ... ISAF can act in concert with the Afghans against facilities and facilitators supporting the insurgency," said NATO spokesman James Appathurai, referring to the NATO force. The...
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