Taliban Set to Double Opium Profits this Year?

AP / May 5, 2015, 6:13 AM An Afghan farmer harvests opium sap from a poppy field in Surkh Rod District, of Nangarhar province near Jalalabad, May 5, 2015. GETTY   ZHARI, Afghanistan — It’s the cash crop of the Taliban and the scourge of Afghanistan – the country’s intractable opium cultivation. This year, many Afghan poppy … Continue reading Taliban Set to Double Opium Profits this Year?