Taliban Says It's Moving to Ban Opium Production

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PJ Media: Taliban Says It's Moving to Ban Opium Production to Encourage International Recognition 

The Taliban says it is moving to ban opium production in Afghanistan in an effort to secure international recognition for the regime. 

But will the world forget the previous 20 years the Taliban benefited financially from the drug trade? 

The Taliban standardized and grew the opium industry to facilitate the financing of their insurgency. 

They recruited poppy farmers and taxed their crops, undermining U.S. and Afghan government efforts to destroy the drug trade.  

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Update #1: Taliban Move to Ban Opium Production in Afghanistan -- WSJ  

Update #2: Taliban Move To Ban Opium Production, But Could It Majorly Backfire? -- South Front  

WNU Editor: It looks like the Taliban are serious .... Opium prices triple in Afghanistan after Taliban announces poppy ban (The Telegraph).

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