Afghan opium poppy cultivation plunges by 95 percent under Taliban: UN
Afghan opium poppy cultivation plunges by 95 percent under Taliban: UN
www.aljazeera.com Afghan opium poppy cultivation plunges by 95 percent under Taliban: UN
The restriction on poppy cultivation has decimated a key trade for hundreds of thousands of farmers and labourers.
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They were perfectly fine with it over the past couple decades when it was helping keep them funded.
30 0 ReplyWhat changed
4 0 ReplyChina came with some money.
14 0 ReplySimilar to how they did the same when we paid them to back in the late 90s.
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The US pulled out
8 0 ReplyThey're the government now and are funded through taxes, so they can afford to be truer to their own beliefs.
7 0 ReplyThe war ended. They always said it was a temporary measure to raise funds for their insurgency, and I guess they meant it.
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