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2021-10-08 Afghanistan

Now in Power, Taliban Set Sights on Afghan Drug Underworld

Forward to the past!

[AnNahar] Now the uncontested rulers of Afghanistan, the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
have set their sights on stamping out the scourge of narcotics addiction, even if by force.

At nightfall, the battle-hardened fighters-turned-coppers scour the capital's drug-ravaged underworld. Below Kabul's bustling city bridges, amid piles of garbage and streams of filthy water, hundreds of homeless men addicted to heroin and methamphetamines are rounded up, beaten and forcibly taken to treatment centers. The News Agency that Dare Not be Named gained rare access to one such raid last week. # id) ?>

Posted by trailing wife 2021-10-08 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1835 views ] Top
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1 The Taliban may go after Afghan users, but its attack on growers will greatly displease the Pakistan military ISI. That could be breaking rice bowls.

Posted by Bertie Crains2651 2021-10-08 08:21|| 2021-10-08 08:21|| Front Page Top

2 Wonder if this has something to do with it -

Russia to host Taliban, other Afghan parties for talks

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-10-08 09:12|| 2021-10-08 09:12|| Front Page Top

3 Homies using too much of the product that could be shipped elsewhere for more money?

Posted by JohnQC 2021-10-08 09:26|| 2021-10-08 09:26|| Front Page Top

4 "welcomed by some health workers, who have had no choice"
Does anybody besides me find this phrase to be a little odd?

Posted by ed in texas 2021-10-08 12:10|| 2021-10-08 12:10|| Front Page Top

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