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submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Opium production in Afghanistan has plummeted since the Taliban banned cultivation of the poppy plant, according to a UN report published on Sunday.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers pledged to wipe out the country's drug industry, banning poppy cultivation in April 2022.

Poppy plants are the source of opium and heroin. Afghanistan was the world's biggest opium producer and a major source for heroin in Europe and Asia before the Taliban takeover.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

Very few as opposed to zero? And was it the law that women had to be covered up and weren't allowed to go to school or listen to music?

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Dude, you're missing the point. Do you give a fuck what luxurious lifestyle Eric Trump is living? Does his life indicate in any way what your life is like?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

I give a fuck that it's illegal for women to wear whatever they want, go to school or listen to music. I'd say that makes the lives of all women in Afghanistan worse.

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

I agree! But showing a picture of a couple of privileged Tajik women really doesn't contribute anything!!

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Sorry... you know they are Tajik how?

[-] Cinner@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Narrator: not realizing how far he was moving the goalposts, he had lost the plot.

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