What are facts about the taliban?

Answer 1

(Introduction) Afghanistan, a troublesome country, struggle`s everyday to put an end to the production of the illegal drug, opium, that is being produced everyday under the Taliban`s control. The Taliban plays a major role in the continuance of the illegal opium production by supporting, encouraging, and demanding the continuance of the opium production, which leads to violence with the innocent people if they don't corporate with the Taliban.

(Background History) The Taliban, a radically militant Islamic movement appeared in late 1994, and controlled 90 percent of Afghanistan between 1996-2001. The term "Taliban" comes from the Persian and Pashtu plural of the Arabic word Talib (Seeker of knowledge). Subsequently, they banned female access to education and employment, and imposed draconian Islamic laws that called for severe punishments, including the stoning death of proven adulterers and the amputating of thieves' hands and feet. Despite their strict beliefs and anti- drug profiling, the Taliban could not resist using opium to fund its activities, underlining the movement`s poor understanding and interpretation of Islamic law. The steepest challenge is the burgeoning drug trade, which funds not just the Taliban attacks, but has created a general climate of lawlessness throughout the country with violence. Opium has been cultivated and consumed by human beings since at least the third millennium. Afghanistan has been affected by opium since the twentieth century, when opium was spread throughout the Golden Crescent (Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan).Due to this, Afghanistan is accounting for 93 percent of the world's opium production. (International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, and Reins, Thomas)

(Supporting) Over 18 years of internal warfare has left the country with extreme

poverty, massive unemployment and little hope of an economy being rebuilt in

the near future, but The Taliban supports the production of opium by gaining the

trust of the farmers and civilians who grow the opium by giving out food, money,

and cloths during the holy holiday of Ramadan. Once the Taliban gains the trust

of the farmers and civilians, the Taliban can ask them to pretty much do

whatever they want for them. The lack of action to stop production is suspected

to be due to the opium industry's financial support to the Taliban militia. In order

to support the protection of the farmers and the opium, the Taliban buys

weapons with some of the money they made from selling opium, to give to their

fellow Taliban to kill any militia. The farmers only see the money rolling in as their

poppy crops disappear in wagons, which is promised by the Taliban because

the farmers don't want to see the end result of their crop. (Willems, Peter.)

(Encourages) One way the Taliban encourages the farmers to make opium for

them is they tell the farmers that if you switch your crops from wheat to opium,

you can make more money and support your family better, but although the motivation behind the Taliban decision to allow the opium industry to flourish is unclear, what motivates the farmers is obvious. Over 18 years of internal warfare has left the country with extreme poverty, massive unemployment and little hope of an economy being rebuilt in the near future. The Taliban have also encouraged the farmers and civilians who grow the opium by telling them that they will protect them from the militia. All of this seems to work due to the fact that Afghanistan is accounting for 93 percent of the world`s opium production. (Willems, Peter.)

(Demands) The Taliban demands the production of opium because without the money that they make from selling the opium, the Taliban wouldn't have as much money as they do today. Without the money, the Taliban cannot buy weapons, recruit new members, or even pay the farmers who grow the opium in the first place. If a farmer refuses to grow the opium, depending on how bad the Taliban need it, the Taliban will demand that they grow the opium for them or they will burn down their other crops or house, beat them, or even kill them. Because of this, most of the farmers do corporate with the Taliban because they don't want to be injured or killed. The harsh demands that the Taliban ask from the farmers do tire them out, which leads to the farmers not producing enough opium to fit the Taliban`s needs.

(Conclusion) From this, Afghanistan struggles to put an end to the production of the illegal drug, opium, that is being produced under the Taliban`s control. The Taliban plays a major role in the continuance of the illegal opium production by supporting, encouraging, and demanding the continuance of the opium production. Only we can hope that one day, this will all come to an end.

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Answer 2

The Taliban is a specific political Islamist Party/Militant Organization. The Taliban has certain political aims: the control of Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan. The Taliban also were able to hold national control in Afghanistan and ruled it according to some of the most barbaric interpretations of Shari'a Law. As a result, they spread out through national channels such as police and justice departments. The Taliban, consequently, has very limited aims that came in direct contravention of American interests only in 2001 when the United States invaded Afghanistan. The Taliban, while supporting Al-Qaeda, were not (prior to 2001) interested in the latter's goal of attacking and Islamicizing the West. They are still opposed to exerting resources to achieve these goals, but do focus their efforts on removing the Northern Alliance government of Afghanistan and leading that country again.