Afghan opium poppy cultivation plunges by 95 percent under Taliban: UN
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 ReplyThe 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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Anyone who thinks this is a bad thing needs to strongly reconsider their values.
9 0 ReplyDoing more meaningful action on the 'war on drugs' in two years than the US ever did!
6 0 ReplyHuh. So they actually followed through.
I guess being highly ideological cuts both ways here, as per usual.
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