[Yonkers Finest]

"Opium production in Afghanistan was encouraged by the Taliban regime and its mentors in the ISI."


I thought that under the Taliban Opium production had reached record lows?? I had read several reports that despite their backwards thinking and gross shortcoming they were actually able to curtail opium production substantially.

[insider_uk]

That's exactly what I thought. It seems the U.N. did as well, in 2001.

U.N. drug control officers said the Taliban religious militia has nearly wiped out opium production in Afghanistan -- once the world's largest producer -- since banning poppy cultivation last summer.

Article here.

[TKDietz]

"I thought that under the Taliban Opium production had reached record lows?? I had read several reports that despite their backwards thinking and gross shortcoming they were actually able to curtail opium production substantially."

They had the support of the people (those that didn't want to be taken out and shot).