In 2007, Afghan grown poppies provided the raw material used to produce 93% of the world's opium. The Taliban and other insurgent elements receive up to $500 million of revenue from drug related activities. The current counternarcotics strategy emphasizes the execution of eradication programs coupled with initiatives designed to help farmers develop alternative livelihoods. Unfortunately, the current strategy does not provide any time after eradication effects for farmers to allow ...
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