Taliban had completely stopped opium cultivation and product in their time, but when USA and NATO arrived, the opium cultivation and production started again, and now Afghanistan is the biggest opium producer. USA and NATO couldn't stop even the opium production, while Taliban were successful in stopping the ugly drug production. Some people say that it was USA which restarted opium production to handle the re-rising Russia by infecting its population. And it is not a big secret that the biggest victim of Afghan opium is Russian population.
So, a few questions arise:
So, a few questions arise:
- Why couldn't USA successfully stop opium production?
- USA spends hundreds of billions of dollars each year on fighting Taliban, but couldn't' provide economic incentive and alternatives to Afghan population to not cultivate opium. Why?
- Taliban were successful in stopping opium production, but USA arrival restarted it. Was this happening with USA consent?
- The biggest victim of Afghan opium is Russian population. Isn't it provide a strong argument that it was USA to stop Russia from rising by infecting its population with drugs?
- Why westerns media thinks that USA is an angel and can't be the drugs producer?
- Even if the USA is not the drug producer in Afghanistan, can it be completely cleared from the blame?
To answer the first question, one has to keep the circumstances in which Taliban had stopped drugs production.
ReplyDeleteWhen USA arrived in Afghanistan, they pushed out Taliban from the cities into mountains and remote rural regions. Taliban lost their control on the cities, population and economy which were their main source of income. Taliban needed resources to continue the fight against Americans for longer times. They had to re-start or tolerate the drug production in Afghanistan. Currently, the drugs are produced mostly in the Taliban controlled regions where Afghan government and USA have least control over things. So, the current Taliban are not free from the blame of drugs production.