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Taliban Stockpiling Opium

Outrageous

Poppy production cut to keep prices high.

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The Taliban are carefully manipulating the opium trade in Afghanistan to maintain high prices that funds their terrorist activities. They are so efficient at growing poppies and making the drug – the UN estimates they made $300 million from the opium trade last year, the third year in a row...

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