Opium Poppy Crop Eradication in Afghanistan (January 2007)

Interview with Afghan community leader Haji Akbar, lamenting the problems caused by opium and poppy crop eradication for the farmers in his village. Farmers are left without any options after poppy crop eradication.

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[knelledkismet]

WHO THINKS THE CIA IS GONNA GIVE up A QUADRILLION DOLLAR POPPY CROP. posting lies should be illegal.

[VeraRabbit]

This is not true. Taliban illegaliced poppy in 2000 and had destroyed 94% of poppy by the time of the invasion in 2001. Today 3.3 million Afghans are involved in opium production.

[hamidsahil]

He said the Taliban legalized poppy crop.

[Crowbarcode]

They missed some translation. The guy mentioned Taliban. What was he saying about the taliban?