Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - BBC News

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Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders have been more successful in cracking down on opium than anyone ever has, a BBC investigation has found.

The BBC has travelled to major poppy growing areas and had exclusive access to remote provinces where our journalists have seen that farmers have either not grown opium poppy complying with the Taliban’s ban, or they’ve had their poppy crops destroyed if they defied the order.

This is backed by research from UK based experts who have analysed satellite images and said the drop in opium cultivation is likely to be as much as 80%.

The crackdown has big global ramifications, with most of the world’s opium coming from Afghanistan.

Produced, filmed and edited by Imogen Anderson, Sanjay Ganguly and Rachel Wright

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The person is saying we cant grow much crops becuase NATO bombed these land where food cannot grow, But BBC did not translated that 2:30

Hamzakhan-yubc

Taliban has always banned opium and never supported it. But international media specially Indian media narrates that opium is their main business.

kashshi

I am waiting for the BBC to do interviews with the mothers and fathers all around the world who lost their children to the poison in those bags.

Para_Ninja

They fight against drugs because of the paternalistic love they have for their people, wish governments did this too to save their people, so many mother lose their sons and daughters because of the drugs 😢

polunga

Beautiful Country, Nice People. Afghanistan. From Tanzania

rajenderrobert

The negative tone by BBC in this report when what the Taliban is doing is something great is so ironic.

djb.

Govt should sponser growth of saffron field to replace poppy crops in poor soils, many Western barren rugged regions in Pakistan have started cultivation of olives hope Afghanistan can do the same

alikhanmoazzam

As an Indian, I am so happy. Great going my Afghan brothers. Yes, poor farmers would face temporary hardships but in the long run it will be good for them.

piranha

Real leaders cares about their citizens ❤

warrior

So basically the story is about the drug problem and they still manage to talk about women's rights, what do women's rights have to do with drug problems?
The spokesperson answered brilliantly by saying that one should not make the connection between the humanitarian questions and the political questions.

smirboulack

Many Love my Afghan brothers from Bangladesh

akhterfarukrumon

For the first time I see the Taliban doing something I can respect. I don't think the BBC understand that this is were part of our drug problems comes from.

mariusd

Kudos to Afghanistan! The ones who have suffered the most from drugs will always appreciate this action of yours. And the ones who just want to profit and have done harm to humanity will criticize it.

sheheryariba