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Acting on a tip, the narcotics wing team reached Gunawad village, in Dhar district, and raided the farming land of Ishak Patel where they found the opium plants.

Of dollars. a recent-u.n. report said that, last year, the taliban likely earned over $400 million from the mining sector. and similar revenues from opium crops. it, also, profited from highway taxes and extortion. it acquired weapons, such as drones and magnetic mines. with these weapons, it began targeting highways and local militias and building up a presence around provincial capitals. all the while, its delegating were turning up for stuttering peace negotiations in doha but making few concessions. the u.s. envoy said, in 2018, he was cautiously optimistic that a peace deal would be reach...

Leader cloaked in secrecy. his two deputies set up building up the taliban in all of afghanistan's 34 provinces. the taliban's military commanders were persuaded the group should join peace talks. one prize being the release of thousands of veteran fighters from afghan prisons. sensing the u.s. was exhausted by the afghan conflict, the taliban simply waited and planned. they joked, americans had the watches, it had the time. it raised hundreds of millions of dollars. a recent u.n. report said that last year, the taliban likely earned over $400 million from the mining sector and similar revenue...

Force have been killed so far. we do want you to keep in mind marjah is afghan's most violent province and the hub of the opium industry. christine fair is an assistant professor at georgetown university and spent some time working with the u.n. in afghanistan. we'll first talk about the opium crop because that's key, essentially, to getting this town away from the rule of the taliban because the taliban have a shadow government there and a lot of their money comes from those opium crops. so the plan is to come in and get these farmers on the side of the afghan government and really growing ...

Aid, assistance, and provide a government and a security umbrella to the people who were here. that will be a very deep long standing challenge the afghan government, very fragile, remains to be seen if they can pull it all off. betty? >> as you mention, it is going to be a challenge because many of the folks who live there have worked alongside with the taliban. they've set up a shadow government, if you will. and many don't see the benefit in losing their opium crops and losing their money and then hoping that the afghan government will come in and restore everything, correct? >> well, that ...