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minus-squareBelieveRevolt [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·11 months agoThey pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and became the world’s #1 heroin exporters.
minus-squareaaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·11 months agoWonder whatever happened to this guy that the USA helped arm? Did he do anything significant since then?
minus-squareProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·11 months agoIt’s the Northern Alliance that were the big opium producers, under US occupation. The Taliban actually banned and restricted it both before the invasion and after re-taking power.
They pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and became the world’s #1 heroin exporters.
Wonder whatever happened to this guy that the USA helped arm? Did he do anything significant since then?
It’s the Northern Alliance that were the big opium producers, under US occupation. The Taliban actually banned and restricted it both before the invasion and after re-taking power.