Lets clear up a couple of myths. 1. The Taliban are not a homogynous group sharing one clear ideology. 2. The Taliban did not stop opium production they just paused it to inflate prices 3. In a lot of the country they are no longer religious idealists, they are simply drug smuggling gangsters.
For countries that have soldiers fighting in Afghanistan this war these two wars overlap. At the moment about 1/3 of Afghanistans GDP comes from illegal drug trade. If America and its allies pull out of that country it will be a 100% narco state. The Taliban and Al Queda are simply international...
Lets clear up a couple of myths. 1. The Taliban are not a homogynous group sharing one clear ideology. 2. The Taliban did not stop opium production they just paused it to inflate prices 3. In a lot of the country they are no longer religious idealists, they are simply drug smuggling gangsters.
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