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New York Times Misleads on Taliban Role in Opium TradeQuicklink Submitted By Sheila Samples 1 comment
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| The total export value of opium and its derivatives (morphine and heroin) this year was estimated by the UNODC to be $3.4 billion. Therefore a logical corollary of the Times? own account is that the majority of profits from the opium trade are going to non-insurgents. What is clear is that the Taliban, while profiting from the opium trade, do not control it. |
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