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According to the ''International Socialist Review'', the Taliban started as the one of the armed Afghan factions funded by the [[CIA]] during the Afghan conflict against Soviet Union.<ref>http://www.isreview.org/issues/20/ahmed_afghanistan.shtml</ref>
According to the ''International Socialist Review'', the Taliban started as the one of the armed Afghan factions funded by the [[CIA]] during the Afghan conflict against Soviet Union.<ref>http://www.isreview.org/issues/20/ahmed_afghanistan.shtml</ref>
According to the BBC, the Taliban were also strongly against [[drugs]]; since their overthrow [[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>
According to the BBC:
*the Taliban were strongly against [[drugs]];
* since their overthrow [[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>
According to the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report:
* the Taleban had cut Afghanistan's heroin production by about 95%, but
* heroin had "financed the former Taleban regime". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2814861.stm]
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==References==