Bisakah Taliban Hidup Tanpa Opium? | Buka Data

After taking over the Afghan government, the Taliban promised the international community that they would not produce any narcotics and ensured that no one would be involved in illegal drug smuggling from Afghanistan. The problem is, opium is the Taliban's largest source of funding. This raises a big question: Can the Taliban survive without opium? To better understand Afghanistan's political history and its relationship with the United States, China, and other countries, see the following literature: To understand how the impact of the 1953 US coup in Iran led to increased opium production in Afghanistan, please read this journal article titled "Poppy Politics: American Agents, Iranian Addicts and Afghan Opium, 1945–80": https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1... This article explains the common misconception that Afghanistan can quickly become opium-free. Or if the Taliban come to power, the opium economy will simply disappear. A powerful piece by Vanda Felbab-Brown: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/... For context and an explanation of why opium cultivation is inseparable from everyday life in Afghanistan: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/in... An article to understand the Taliban's opium ban discourse: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/... This report from the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention will help explain the opium economy in Afghanistan: https://www.loc.gov/item/2015325354/ Latest data https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontp... (Narasi) Also watch the video Buka Data episode [Can the Taliban Live Without Opium?] and other episodes at https://www.narasi.tv or click the link https://bit.ly/3DHuj6O Subscribe to the Newsroom Newsletter for the latest updates from Narasi. Click the link http://bit.ly/newsletter_newsroom Don't forget to subscribe, leave a comment, and share this video. Watch more video content at https://www.narasi.tv Follow:   / narasi.tv     / narasi.tv     / narasitv   This video content and YouTube channel are part of Narasi.