Taliban power undermined by own campaign against opium
Analysts attribute the Taliban's loss of popular support in the south, which contributed to their defeat by US-led forces in late 2001, to the Taliban's move to curtail opium production in 2001.
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Opium production in Afghanistan »Opium production in Afghanistan
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Response to opium production in Afghanistan? »Response to opium production in Afghanistan?
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Seek to curtail the production of opium »Seek to curtail the production of opium
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The war on drugs undermines the war on terror »The war on drugs undermines the war on terror
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Diverts resources from the war with the Taliban »Diverts resources from the war with the Taliban
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Eradicating opium production will weaken influence of Taliban »Eradicating opium production will weaken influence of Taliban
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Taliban power undermined by own campaign against opium
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