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Taliban makes huge profits from opium harvests

An Afghan farmer harvests opium sap from a poppy field in the Chaparhar district of Nangarhar province on April 19, 2016. AFP

Fayez Khorshid

Press TV, Kabul

It's estimated that around 90 percent of the world's opium supply comes from Afghanistan. Growing opium poppies and drug trafficking continue to be the main source of funding for the Taliban militants. Press TV’s Fayez Khorshid reports from Kabul.


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