VishnuS wrote: ↑29 Jan 2024 14:06
chetak wrote: ↑29 Jan 2024 13:51
Brad Goodman ji,
The afghans grow the poppy plant, papaver somniferum, which produces opium...........it is their national agro industry
that may well be what the paki actually meant
BTW, from times immemorial, political stability was never the afghan's strong suit (except perhaps, when it was under Hindu/buddhist rule)....
Bhai, that has changed!
Afghan had cut 95% of Poppy production!
Did we sway them too?
I don't know, but we are the biggest benefactors of that cut in production.
Afghan is seriously focusing on production of wheat, they're even building dams to divert water.
PS. I almost forgot about this... Poppy plants are the major fund providers for all the terrorist groups in the region. If Taliban can cut the poppy production then the ISKP and other Anti Taliban groups will starve due to lack of funds! This could also be a motive.
Anyways, whatever the motive is, it's good for us.
Vishnu ji,
A great many important people in the afghani setup are sustained by the drug trade , in terms of being income dependent from the direct and indirect off shoots of the business. This situation just cannot be changed overnight, especially since the taliban themselves are major patrons, protectors, and also the willing purveyors of the drug trade
The paki ISI are the actual managers and also the middleman of this entire enterprise and this drug trade is a very major income stream for them. They will not be happy to see their income being downsized
noble ideas, especially among the jihadis, tend to have very short shelf lives.
moreover, their medieval outlook and savage social policies have reduced incoming aid to a mere trickle and that meagre aid alone is not enough to sustain these morons....
what will they live on, and who will fund them in the meanwhile.
one suspects that the pretense of reduction in the drug trade is a taqiya tactic designed to soften the barbaric image that they project to encourage more incoming aid from the gora sources
who is monitoring them and who is certifying the alleged truth of their policies
are these idiots culturally fit enough to assume any reasonable position in the society of modern nations
one would not be so eager to trust them at their word and foolishly respond with tangible goodwill.
let's just wait and see how things actually pan out.....