The Taliban's Dirty Poppies - Afghanistan

Produced June 1997
Thanks to his crop, his family can eat for another year. The Taliban regime takes a hefty 10% from the profits of the crop. But Minister for Drug Control, Najibullah Shams, shows us Taliban's anti-drugs propaganda. Is the Taliban really cleaning up its act, or is it just a cover-up?

Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Taliban
• Afghanistan
• Poppy
• Drugs
• Warlords
• Opium
• news
• documentary
• current affairs
• journeyman
• journeyman pictures

[420Jokke]

grow marijuana?!

[313rdub1]

coltonfears is 100% right the cia helped traffic cocain back in the 80's and early 90's to fund rebels to overthrow noreaga in nicaruagua, and detroit where i live is flooded and pretty strong shit, i've seen 12 yr old kids in rehabs addicted to dope and myself been struggling for 15yrs

[apspacking]

Either Afghans will die of hunger or westerners die of overdose. Before starving Afghans to dead at least let them have some bread handy then ask them to stop growing Opium.

[apspacking]

What is the most killer in the world, American Fire Arms or Afghan drugs? Why American can sell their deadly Fire Arms that only is made for killing in the world and Afghans can not grow Opium.

American and western Guns which are to satisfy greed of most wealthy nations kills tens of times more than Afghan opium which is grown only for a little bread for hungry to survive.

[Chamath5]

sri lanka tamil war is very similar to this

[MrGimmedloot]

if brown was £5 a gram instead of 50 ,crime involving bagheads would be non existant if booze was crazy prices there would be loads more crime. addiction only causes crime coz of the crazy high prices for drugs. all goverments no they could cut crime to near zero if they made drugs legal and bought the crop of farmers and instead of gangs inflating prices by million % giving addicts at cost but its wierd they dont the same people will be involved in drugs business as everything else elite

[JyonasanVolkov]

The only thing dirty is you condemning God's creation, which in result will curse you with your own Karma. But, hey we all have different opinions, & I respect yours. But keep this in mind, regardless of all our motivations — we are humans, not deserving to be killed in such a merciless way such as war. We do not live in Hammurabi's time, so why fight war when we have the capability to communicate with words & act like real men? WAR IS OVER — IF YOU WANT IT.

[kapil1ly4u]

TALIBAN banned Opium............CIA was Bankrupt.............TALIBAN out of power CIAs Economy back in BOOM.

[res8898]

Fuck the feds and the nonsensical war on drugs. Just tyrants profiting and abusing their power. Power needs to at least be given to the states, if not legalize everything and set up help institutions. Companies already have the right to not employ people with addictions, so there you go. Why let the feds profit from it any longer, it doesnt make sense. PEOPLE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE FOR THEMSELVES. Ron Paul 2012.

[SALVOTHESTONEDONE]

@lazymatts wtf i call them poppies but i wanted a specific name for this strain of papaver somniferum ????????? fucking looser

[lazymatts]

@SALVOTHESTONEDONE are you trying to sound intelligent? call them poppies or even opium poppies. you would not call apples Malus domestica.