KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug 11, SPA -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday to review preparations for the Octoberpresidential election and go over reconstruction andcounter narcotics programs. During a daylong visit, he planned consultations withAfghan and United Nations officials, as well as meetingswith senior U.S. military officials. Before flying to the Afghan capital, he said U.S.-ledcoalition forces are preparing a coordinated effort toattack the narcotics trade in the country, recognizing thatdrug income could be used to fund insurgents and terroristsin the country. He offered few specifics, but noted the British governmentpreviously has taken the lead in working with PresidentHamid Karzai's administration to address the drug trade inAfghanistan. "There are plans being finished now," Rumsfeld saidTuesday, in Oman for the first of several visits to U.S.allies in the region. "I don't want to get into whosetroops will do what." Rumsfeld pointed to the drug war in Colombia as a partialmodel for efforts in Afghanistan. There, U.S.-trainedmilitary forces attack narcotics smuggling routes while theColombian government tries to eradicate coca growth in thefarmlands through aerial spraying. The costly Colombian campaign, a US$3.3 billion (2.7billion), five-year military aid package known as PlanColombia, has provided Colombian forces with training,equipment and intelligence. It has led to a huge increasein drug seizures, and closer judicial cooperation betweenthe countries has led to the extradition of 120 allegeddrug traffickers to the United States for trial in twoyears.--MORE1235 Local Time 0935 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/190892