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Opium production in Afghanistan fell by 99% after US military left (media.mas.to)
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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years 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.

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    • [–] -1 points 3 years 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.

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