[DanteAntonelli]

Originally Posted by mothmon ↗

The problem with Afghanistan is that there's no one to root for. Taliban, non-Taliban... they're all living in some dark age. Genuinely surprised when I see videos like this and they show highways, and cars, and trucks, and aren't all just a bunch of illiterate villagers slaughtering each other at will in the name of Allah and tradition and honor and child brides. The Taliban did supposedly clean up that pedo bacha bazi shit though. It was the non-taliban commanders and businessmen that had catamites. Like I said, no one to root for there

Their problem is their stupid religion, they will never advance, they're doomed.

[Eyensky]

Originally Posted by docfr8 ↗

"On top of old Smokie.. All covered with cheese ~~"

Someone threw a grenade in my truck and now I just bleed….

[spycosis]

The opium harvest under Taliban rule had dwindled to 86 tonnes raw opium in 2002, and was on the verge of being wiped out completely The year after the allied invasion it was 4,500 tonnes and grew steadily over the period of occupation. Opium contains thebaine which is the raw ingredient needed to make oxycodone, hydrocodone, dihydrocodeine and many other opioid medicines. These can be synthesized in laboratories but the process is so costly that it has never been viable as a way of production.

Now the opium to make these medicines is produced in Australia, India and other friendly countries. So no need for the Afghan opium harvest, fortunately because there won't be one in a few years under Taliban rule. I am not saying that was a reason we invaded Afghanistan, it's just coincidential.