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processed into heroin. the taliban are not stopping drug production in fact, they ve been taxing it for years. they don t want journalists to see it being traded. that is why we are filming from inside the car. you call yourselves an islamic government but you are allowing drug production. isn t that hypocritical? translation: under the islamic emirate, before 2001, the growing and selling of opium dropped to zero. right now we re to find alternatives. we cannot take this away from people without offering them something else. eradicating this is good for us in the international community, so the world should help too. for years, poorfarmers have relied on opium to provide for theirfamilies. now, as afghanistan s economy collapses without international support, and water levels continue to drop, many see it has the safest crop to grow. 0pium destroys a lot of people s lives.

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