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2021-09-30 Afghanistan
Prices soar at opium market in Talibanistan
[AlAhram] While the economy teeters on the brink of collapse, vendors at an opium market in southern Afghanistan say prices for their goods have skyrocketed since the Taliban
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takeover.

Then, with the Taliban switching from ruling Afghanistan to insurgency against US-led forces, they relied on opium production to finance their rebellion. In 2016, half of their revenue came from the trade.
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1 Oh. "Supply chain issues." Got it.
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