Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have begun a campaign to eradicate poppy cultivation, aiming to wipe out the country’s massive production of opium and heroin. Those violating the ban "will be arrested and tried according to Sharia laws in relevant courts."

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[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/8/16/opium-afghanistans-illicit-drug-trade-that-helped-fuel-taliban

The UN and Washington contend that the Taliban are involved in all facets, from poppy planting, opium extraction, and trafficking to exacting “taxes” from cultivators and drug labs to charging smugglers fees for shipments bound for Africa, Europe, Canada, Russia, the Middle East, and other parts of Asia.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Nah, it was the CIA who were the drug traffickers. US Army troops guarded the poppy fields. The Taliban famously eradicated opium production during their rule in the 1990s and they're doing the same today.

[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/taliban-raked-in-470m-us-from-opium-trade-in-2008-un-report-1.745850

I respect your opinion, but I have to disagree.