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August 22nd, 2002

Bitter Harvest

Data: Opium, History, and Afghanistan


1979	Soviet Union invades Afghanistan. Mujahaddin cultivate opium to buy weapons.
1989	Afghanistan produces 35 percent of the world’s opium.
1999	Afghanistan becomes the world’s largest producer of opium.
2000	The Taliban outlaw opium poppy cultivation.
2001	During U.S. attacks on Afghanistan, farmers start planting opium poppies.
2002	The Afghan Interim Administration issues a ban on opium poppy cultivation.

Tags: Afghanistan, Mujahaddin, opium

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