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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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[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It blows my mind how quickly auth-leftists in the west who froth at the mouth over christo-fascists don't realize that this is the Muslim version of that but with actual government power.

It's everything they hate, yet there's praise for their actions despite it being blatant religious authoritarianism.

[-] Cinner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Making something part of your identity that you don't truly comprehend, just because all your friends are doing it. A tale as old as time.

Well, maybe. I think some pre-tech civilizations had it more figured out than others. Many Inuit and Native American tribes seem to have known a thing or two about raising intelligent, confrontation-adverse, self-reliant humans as quickly as possible, out of necessity. There was a study I read some time in the last decade that made some solid points about pre-agricultural societies likely being more egalitarian. Also out of necessity I would imagine. However we also have documented evidence that this is not always the case, see this amazing video of first contact - Isolated tribe man meets modern tribe man for the first time.

Edit: for some reason the YouTube video link isn't showing up. https://youtu.be/xd0I1xAICOc

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