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Afghanistan is not well-controlled by its government. Consequentially, any group that puts up enough resistance will get their own way. Since opium is quite expensive, there is a fairly large market for it, and poppies grow very well in Afghanistan's climate, opium is something that Afghanistan can make and trade easily.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt is profitable, and laws are not enforced because they fear the locals would support the Taliban if they burned their crops.
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What is the most profitable illegal trade?
buying Narcotics from Afghanistan.....
Where is the most opium made?
Burma, Afghanistan, Laos, Pakistan, Thailand, Mexico, Columbia, and India, primarily.
What country is the biggest exporter of opium?
Afghanistan is the biggest opium exporter
What do people in Afghanistan do?
Grow opium
How do you get a permit to farm opium?
You move to Afghanistan.
What does Afghanistan lead in producing?
Opium, I believe.
What Indias role in the opium trade?
See: India/Opium Trade
What were the Opium Wars about?
The tea and Opium trade
Afghanistan is the major source of opium in the world?
true
What does the war in Afghanistan have to do with the Americans and British?
terrorism and opium
What crop replaced wheat in Afghanistan in 1990?
Opium
What types of flowers grow in Afghanistan?
Opium poppies.
