[adventured]

It's a big mixed bag. If you do it that way, you just massively increased the recruitment potential for the Taliban. All of those farmers are now wiped out, have nothing to do for work, and have a new sworn enemy for life. The only possible solution that might yield positive results is aggressive replacement subsidization (extremely expensive).

[soperj]

They were supporting the Taliban already...

[toomanybeersies]

Most Afghans don't support the Taliban, or the USA, or even their own government.

Most of them just want to make a living and put food on the table without being shot by one or the other or blown up in a drone strike.

[bigodbiel]

The Taliban prohibited poppy farms in 2001