http://www.cfr.org/afghanistan/good-bad-news-afghan-opium/p21372
The good and bad news about Afghan Opium.
By reading this article about Opium in Afghanistan, there were a few things that came up that were interesting. First, there has been a recent decline in Opium production and there are many provinces in Afghanistan that are going "Poppy free." With there being a decline in production of Opium, there is some bad news and that is there is an increase in the focus on the refining, stockpiling, and transportation of Opium because they need to do everything in their power to keep the trade going and need to make money some how.
Unfortunately, there is still a ton of Opium that is being sold and produced in Afghanistan and a lot of that money is being used to fund the Taliban so they can buy weapons and ammunition, explosives, vehicles, and foot soldiers.
In the end, no matter what we do to help try to stop the production and selling of Opium in Afghanistan seems like it won't stop anytime soon and the Taliban will be funded for many more years.
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