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2022-02-05 Afghanistan

Afghan Opium Production Skyrockets Under Taliban

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Posted by trailing wife 2022-02-05 02:50|| || Front Page|| [18 views ] Top
File under: Taliban/IEA

#1 I guess the CIA spooks need better horticulture skills.

Posted by Chris 2022-02-05 09:38|| 2022-02-05 09:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Demand is up as people struggle to cope with Biden Presidency?

Posted by Glenmore 2022-02-05 10:11|| 2022-02-05 10:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Klingon middlemen removed from equation. Margins and production spikes. Stay tuned for developing story at 1100.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-05 10:53|| 2022-02-05 10:53|| Front Page Top

#4 A month or so ago there was news about "opium trade plummets" and I, and several others here, opined that it was the Taliban weeding out the 'middlemen' in their 'Opium Patch' causing the stoppage.

Posted by magpie 2022-02-05 13:43|| 2022-02-05 13:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Nobody saw this coming?

Posted by Bobby 2022-02-05 13:59|| 2022-02-05 13:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Nobody saw this coming?

Come on, man! The CIA is an intelligence service, not a "predict the future" service.

Posted by SteveS 2022-02-05 16:53|| 2022-02-05 16:53|| Front Page Top

#7 The Taliban did the same thing the first time they took power: first shut down the drug cartels, then when they needed the money started up production under their control. This time they need more money, and right away.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-02-05 17:44|| 2022-02-05 17:44|| Front Page Top

#8 They have had their hand in it the whole time. ISI has been keeping up for years also, they are just taking control of the market. Same thing gangs in the inner cities do.

Posted by Chris 2022-02-05 21:50|| 2022-02-05 21:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Fair enough, Chris. And now it’s official.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-02-05 22:06|| 2022-02-05 22:06|| Front Page Top

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