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[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 49 points 1 year ago

TLDR: The unprecedented fall in cultivation follows the Taliban’s decision to prohibit the growing of poppies for opium in April last year.

[-] zzzzzz@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is the implication that the US did not prohibit growing poppies for opium?

Edit: Apparently, this is true per the article OP linked below.

[-] quicken@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago

And a high demand in wheat thanks to the Ukraine war

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Idk... I have as a priority to not make angry the Talibans if they are with me but maybe that's just me.

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