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2018-04-18 Afghanistan

U.S. Air Campaign Destroys $42 Million Worth of Taliban Heroin Profits

[Breitbart] nullThe unprecedented U.S.-led air campaign against the Taliban’s economic engine, opium and heroin, has destroyed 73 drug labs and deprived the narco-jihadist group of $42 million in proceeds since President Donald Trump authorized the operations in November.

President Trump’s decision to expand the U.S. air campaign to target the Taliban
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’s drug activities came amid the historic production of opium, the main ingredient in heroin.

Following a dramatic drop in counternarcotics activity authorized by former President Barack Obama
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, the cultivation area and overall production of opium skyrocketed, providing the Taliban with more funding to continue waging its terror campaign as the U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan.

The dramatic increase in opium cultivation coincided with a Taliban resurgence.

According to the U.S. government, the Taliban generates at least 65 percent of its funding, estimated at $300 million to $500 million annually, from the production and smuggling of opium and heroin.

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#1 House IT moles are busted and the Taliban narco-terrorists start getting bombed... Hmmm...

Posted by magpie 2018-04-18 01:26|| 2018-04-18 01:26|| Front Page Top

#2 28 plus grams in an ounce 16 ounces in a pound and 2.2 pounds in a kilogram of smack 42 million what a joke since 2001!

Posted by Jack Chaiter7913 2018-04-18 06:49|| 2018-04-18 06:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Starve them and their ISI lords of cash.

Posted by Frank G 2018-04-18 07:38|| 2018-04-18 07:38|| Front Page Top

#4 The dramatic increase in opium cultivation coincided with a Taliban resurgence.

Strange how that happens. Very strange.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-04-18 07:41|| 2018-04-18 07:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Bombing the heroin labs might put a slight crimp in production. It could briefly halt the flow of money to the Taliban.

Most heroin coming into the U.S. comes from South America and Mexico.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-04-18 11:25|| 2018-04-18 11:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Most heroin coming into the U.S. comes from South America and Mexico.

But Europe is flooded from the east.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-04-18 11:37|| 2018-04-18 11:37|| Front Page Top

#7 I hope the heroin is so pure that it is fatal to all addicts that use it. I would like Mexico to allow US drones to hunt cartel members. If not that then allow non-military actors in the US to hunt them on our border. KILL!

Posted by CC READER 2018-04-18 16:53|| 2018-04-18 16:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Libertarian in me says we should buy up the whole crop at farmer prices and give it away free to users inside fenced distribution centers. If they want to kill themselves, at least they won't be hurting anyone else, and we'd put all the middlemen out of business.

Posted by Glenmore 2018-04-18 17:52|| 2018-04-18 17:52|| Front Page Top

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