[MichaelZuo]

Questionable story, drugs are a huge taboo for devout muslims. Hard to square with the Taliban rank and file showing strong support for their leaders.

[acdha]

Given all of the other Islamic laws they bend or break, do you really think it’s unlikely that someone desperately in need of operating funds has found a distinction between using drugs themselves and selling them to others?

[chewz]

Believe in what you want to. Or use Google…

https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2021/May/afghanista...

https://theconversation.com/amp/afghanistan-what-the-conflic...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55048147

[karakot]

there is a russian blogger in Kabul, you can use google translate to read his articles, in short there're plenty of heroin addicts in plain sight

https://varlamov.ru/tjm1DhGAHsj

https://varlamov.ru/gLxlGFc6GCc?cda=

https://varlamov.ru/VndQif0KCJw?cda=

a lot of very interesting photos

https://varlamov.ru/p_aaaYHw724

[MichaelZuo]

Thanks for sharing. The proof will ultimately be in the pudding, if opium trade goes down or not in a few years time.