afghanistan opium production

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Re: afghanistan opium production

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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Afghanistan opium at record high

Helmand province is now the biggest single drug-producing area in the world, surpassing whole countries such as Colombia.

Afghanistan now accounts for more than 93% of the world’s opiates.

Despite billions of dollars of aid and tens of thousands of international troops, the report says 193,000 hectares of opium poppies are being grown in Afghanistan

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so opium production at an all time high.
opium grown in tribal war lords lands
warlords part of afghan govt
afghan govt good
afghanistan under afghan govt and NATO
opium prime source of taleban funds

what am I missing here?

So what about the news that the Taliban had brought the opium industry to zero?