Sixty percent of Taliban funding said derived from illegal opium trade

By World Tribune on April 30, 2017   Afghanistan, Americas, BB Middle East, Canada, Exclusives, Mideast, Stateside, Terrorism, Top Stories, Washington, World Links, World Tribune  

by WorldTribune Staff, April 30, 2017 The Taliban relies heavily on the illicit opium trade from which it generates as much as 60 percent of its funding, according to the U.S. military. But politically correct polices at the Pentagon have prevented U.S. military actions to eliminate the lucrative and illicit opium crops at the source. […]