Here is a source from the New York Times dated May 2001 (months before 9/11).
American experts and United Nations officials say the Taliban are likely to face political problems if the effects of the opium ban are catastrophic and many people die.
I haven’t done an enormous amount of digging into it really, but I’m convinced that having millions of very angry heroin addicts going into withdrawal is something the US would rather avoid.
Here is a source from the New York Times dated May 2001 (months before 9/11).
I haven’t done an enormous amount of digging into it really, but I’m convinced that having millions of very angry heroin addicts going into withdrawal is something the US would rather avoid.