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== The Taliban and Narcotics ==
== The Taliban and Narcotics ==
According to the BBC;the Taliban were strongly against [[drugs]]; since the NATO invasion [[heroin]] production in Afghanistan has increased massively and the country is now once again the world's largest producer.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2814861.stm</ref><ref>http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/76421.html</ref> This has had a backlash within the UK, as drug related crime has spiked since the NATO invasion in 2001, largely due to the wide availability of Afghani heroin flooding the UK. It is unclear if this is coincidental or deliberate.
According to the BBC; the Taliban were strongly against [[drugs]]; since the NATO invasion [[heroin]] production in Afghanistan has increased massively and the country is now once again the world's largest producer.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2814861.stm</ref><ref>http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/76421.html</ref> This has had a backlash within the UK, as drug related crime has spiked since the NATO invasion in 2001, largely due to the wide availability of Afghani heroin flooding the UK. It is unclear if this is coincidental or deliberate.
According to the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report:
According to the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report:
* the Taliban had cut Afghanistan's heroin production by about 95%, but
* the Taliban had cut Afghanistan's heroin production by about 95%, but
* heroin had "financed the rise of the former Taliban regime".<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2814861.stm</ref>
* heroin had "financed the rise of the former Taliban regime".<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2814861.stm</ref>
==2023 tension with Iran==
In 2023, the Taliban claimed: 'We will conquer Iran soon' amid water dispute
<ref>Ariella Marsden, [https://www.jpost.com/international/article-744486 Taliban claims: 'We will conquer Iran soon' amid water dispute], ''Jerusalem Post'', May 29, 2023.<blockquote><small>
The Taliban threatened on Sunday that it could conquer Iran as tensions increase over water disputes between Afghanistan and Iran, leaving at least three people dead. Senior Taliban commander Abdulhamid Khorasani, aka Nasser Badri, has in a video message warned that the group will fight against Iranians "with more passion" than they did against the US forces. "We will conquer Iran soon if Taliban's leaders give the green light for jihad."</small></blockquote></ref>
== See also ==
== See also ==