Afghanistan’s opium collapse exposing 40 years of US intelligence complicity

Afghanistan’s opium collapse exposing 40 years of US intelligence complicity

Afghanistan’s opium fields are withering, and with them a major pillar of the global narcotics economy. According to the latest United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) survey, poppy cultivation has fallen drastically since the Taliban’s nationwide ban, reshaping regional trafficking patterns and driving price volatility across South and Central Asia. The Taliban, for its part, has hailed this collapse as proof of restored order and mora…