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Opium production in Afghanistan fell by 99% after US military left (media.mas.to)

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

CIA is absolutely seething, they even wrote this completely unironically https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/06/talibans-successful-opium-ban-bad-afghans-and-world

[–] loz@aussie.zone 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never heard of the US Institute of Peace before. The word "Orwellian" gets thrown around a lot these days, but that name really is up there with various ministries in the book.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

truly