BUDAPEST, Oct 10 (Reuters) - NATO allies reached a compromise deal on Friday on a U.S. call for direct attacks on the Afghan drugs trade that the alliance's military commander says is key to bringing security, a NATO diplomat said.

NATO operations commander Gen. John Craddock has asked for the alliance force in Afghanistan to be allowed to attack laboratories, trafficking networks and drug lords to stem a trade that helps fund the Taliban insurgency.

"There is a deal," the NATO diplomat said, without giving details.

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