Opium: Afghanistan’s drug trade that helped fuel the Taliban
Taliban are involved in all facets, from poppy planting, opium extraction, trafficking to charging smugglers export fees.
![More than 80 percent of global opium and heroin come from Afghanistan [File: Parwiz/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2014-04-17T120000Z_619905643_GM1EA4H1OBT01_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-NARCOTICS.jpg?resize=770%2C513)
Views on Ireland's Hidden Controversial Issues
Taliban are involved in all facets, from poppy planting, opium extraction, trafficking to charging smugglers export fees.
![More than 80 percent of global opium and heroin come from Afghanistan [File: Parwiz/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2014-04-17T120000Z_619905643_GM1EA4H1OBT01_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-NARCOTICS.jpg?resize=770%2C513)