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Opium production in Afghanistan has plummeted since the Taliban banned cultivation of the poppy plant, according to a UN report published on Sunday.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers pledged to wipe out the country's drug industry, banning poppy cultivation in April 2022.

Poppy plants are the source of opium and heroin. Afghanistan was the world's biggest opium producer and a major source for heroin in Europe and Asia before the Taliban takeover.

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[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Taliban made most of their money on opium sales from 2001-2021.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

True, to fight the war.

It seems however, during peacetime, they have a history of banning the drug trade for religious reasons

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The United States blocked grain shipments to Afghanistan because Republicans didn't want any more competition to US farmers. So they grew poppies.

[–] Voli@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you can dodge a cotton gin, you can dodge a heroin addiction

[–] Why9@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)