Opium production in Afghanistan fell by 99% after US military left (media.mas.to)

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[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 year ago

TLDR: The unprecedented fall in cultivation follows the Taliban’s decision to prohibit the growing of poppies for opium in April last year.

[-] zzzzzz@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is the implication that the US did not prohibit growing poppies for opium?

Edit: Apparently, this is true per the article OP linked below.

[-] quicken@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago

And a high demand in wheat thanks to the Ukraine war

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Idk... I have as a priority to not make angry the Talibans if they are with me but maybe that's just me.

[-] zephyrvs@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 year ago

The CIA is not happy about the drop in US black budget funding.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago

CIA is absolutely seething, they even wrote this completely unironically https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/06/talibans-successful-opium-ban-bad-afghans-and-world

[-] loz@aussie.zone 33 points 1 year ago

Never heard of the US Institute of Peace before. The word "Orwellian" gets thrown around a lot these days, but that name really is up there with various ministries in the book.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

truly

[-] pec@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

It's ok we'll just use more fentanyl

[-] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Also relevant is how this is the second time the Taliban puts in place such policy, when they were overthrown by US military forces and opium production rose as high as it ever was during US occupation.