it s another dangerous drug, heroin from opium from like these most commonly associated with afghanistan. before the taliban takeover, opium traders paid off corrupt officials and sold the black paste secretly. now, they ve been allowed to open up stalls in markets. we re driving through a bazaar where opium is being sold openly. much of it is then going to be processed into heroin. the taliban are not stopping drug production in fact, they ve been taxing it for years, but they don t want journalists seeing it being traded. that s why we re filming from inside the car. you call yourselves an islamic government but you re allowing drug production. isn t that hypocritical? translation: under the islamic emirate, l before 2001, the growing and selling of opium dropped to zero. right now, we are trying to find alternatives. we can t take this away from people without offering them something else.
farmers from picking it, but they are not shutting down the meth labs. this man with links to the trade says crystal meth is booming. when the taliban announced their ban on this plant, he tells me, the wholesale price of meth doubled, and there are still warehouses full of it. it s another dangerous drug opium, from poppies like these, most commonly associated with afghanistan. around 80% of the world s heroin supply originates here. before the taliban takeover, opium traders paid off corrupt officials and sold the black paste secretly. now they have been allowed to open up stalls in markets. we re driving through a bazaar where opium is being sold openly. much of it is then going to be processed into heroin.
they are one of afghanistan s most lucrative exports. but these drugs are destroying lives here and abroad. first heroin, and increasingly now, crystal meth. around 80% of the world s heroin supply originates from here. afghanistan s opium poppy fields. before the taliban takeover, opium traders paid off corrupt officials and sold the black paste secretly. now they ve been allowed to open up stores in markets.
last week, the taliban banned farmers from picking it, but they re not shutting down the meth labs. this man has links to the trade. when the taliban announced their ban on this plant, they tell me, the wholesale price of meth doubled and there are still warehouses full of it. it s another dangerous drug, heroin, from opium poppies like these most commonly associated with afghanistan. before the taliban takeover, opium trade is paid of corrupt before the taliban takeover, opium traders paid off corrupt officials and so would the black paced secretly. now, they have been allowed to open up stalls and markets. we re driving through a bazaar where opium is being sold openly. much of it is then going to be processed into heroin. the taliban are not stopping drug production in fact, they ve been taxing it for years. but they don t want journalists to see it being traded. that s why we re filming from inside the car.
lives here and abroad. there s heroin, and increasingly now, crystal meth. around 80% of the world s heroin supply originates from here. afghanistan s opium poppy fields. before the taliban takeover, opium traders paid off corrupt officials and sold the black paste secretly. now they ve been allowed to open up stalls in markets. we are driving through a bazaar where opium is being sold openly. much of it is then going to be processed into heroin. the taliban are not stopping drug production