tha taliban banned opium production in 2000. And within a year they had turned one of the worlds largest suppliers of opium, to one of the smallest. After the invasion by english and yankee forces, the opium production started zooming up again, and within a year or three, Afghanistan was breaking records for production, under the direction of the CIA who are likely helping with shipments to other countries. Karzai's brother is a major player in their drug trade, another good buddy of the CIA...no real surprises anywhere there, since the CIA's main work over the last few decades has been regime change, supporting and protecting despots who play ball financially with the US, and of course...running drugs.