Do you wanna know what Afghanistan is growing instead of Poppies?

USA opium cultivation was at peak levels in Afghanistan and now the Taliban has eradicated the Afghanistan USA induced “Opium Problem” – kKEETON

Afghanistan has switched from poppies to wheat…

https://www.alcis.org/post/taliban-drugs-ban
With the Taliban having exceeded expectations and reduced poppy cultivation to levels not seen since 2001, there is now a real need to understand the potential effects of the drugs ban on Afghanistan, the region, and further downstream.

So again maybe you should ask, “Why?”

WtR