Image from the New Slavs MediaUpcoming Changes to the Drug-Insurgency Nexus in Afghanistan -- The Jamestown
While there are many Taliban-controlled villages in Afghanistan that do not cultivate opium, there are few villages cultivating opium that are not under Taliban control. The concentration of opium production in a handful of southern provinces has placed Afghanistan’s opium economy almost completely under insurgent control. Insurgent commanders benefit from taxation in kind at the farm-gate, from direct involvement in trafficking and sales and from protection money paid by traffickers to smooth exports.
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More News On Afghanistan's Drug Wars
U.S. waiting for Afghanistan to take lead on narcotics -- Baltimore Sun
Following the Afghan Drug Trail -- American Spectator
Drug Trade Remains A Contentious Issue For ISAF, Afghan Government -- Radio Free Europe
Lost souls of Afghanistan's heroin trade -- The Real News (Video)
The Others -- Strategy Page
Afghans Benefit From Poppy-free Panjshir Province -- AFPS
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