26 / 01 / 2009
Taliban shape an opium economy. Asian Times.
As every taxman knows, more valuable production generates stronger revenue, and there are few commodities more valuable for an insurgent taxman than opium. In Afghanistan, this means the Taliban, who now have almost complete control of the opium economy. If the insurgency is rolled back, it will reveal government banditry, criminal collusion, and some rebels will be re-classified as drug lords. (Jan 26,'09)
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