Afghanistan: Afghan Taliban Awash in Heroin Cash, a Troubling Turn for War

Oct 29, 2017 | Mujib Mashal
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The Taliban have long profited from the opium trade by taxing and providing security for producers and smugglers. But increasingly, the insurgents are directly getting into every stage of the drug business themselves, rivaling some of the major cartels in the region — and in some places becoming indistinguishable from them