Talk:Opium production in Afghanistan

message: 1. Article does not cite information from the past seven years (2008-2014).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.76.155.71 (talk) 12:21, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs Updating

message: 1. No clear citations.
2. Article does not draw upon mainstream sources, rather tends to rely upon obscure documents from a Swiss security organization-which are in German. The average Wikipedia reader is not expected to know German to verify the truth of what he/she is reading in English.Moreover, what is this organization? What does it do? Is it commissioned by the Swiss government to do the studies? 
3. Important dates lacking.
4. Come on guys! discuss this article- That is what Wikipedia is about!!Italic text
This acticle is full of figures, facts, dates and references, including the BBC, a UN report and a well-documented, well-accepted book, all in English, plus an independent study by a Swiss organisation. The fact that it is in German does not fault the reality of the story. You can still access it and have it translated if interested. Breaker 23:57, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Points on Referencing Article

message: * Afghanistan’s opium industry -- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1840182.stm
** Yes, what a coincidence that Afghanistan's opium production dropped to "negligible levels" in 2001, and is now over 85% of the world's supply.  Gee, what else happened in 2001?  Oh I know: The United States invasion of Afghanistan.  But I'm sure it's simply a coincidence, and that despite having the US military occupying the country, the problem is absolutely uncontrollable, although it was once controlled...  Western governments of course only used to sell opium, and of course would never do that again!!!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.125.176.58 (talk) 23:18, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resources to work with 

message: This line should be deleted: "If 'SicherheitsForum' is correct, it is ironic how collaboration between international terrorism and organised crime could cause some global media to talk positively about the Taliban."A phrase such as the above is implicitly damning of literature that presents different findings, and assumes a connection between "international terrorism" and the poppy trade, something not actually that self-evident as one might assume. It is not the place of an encyclopedia article to point out irony based on a conjectural assumption.
Also, I think it's important to provide the most reputable source possible. Though I don't doubt the accuracy of 'SicherheitsForum' it is not in English. If this source were accepted as fact the findings should be cited in other, accessible, English references. There are indeed many, many English documents dealing with the Afghan Poppy trade. Felbab-Brown 2005, "Afghanistan: When Counternarcotics Undermines Counterterrorism" for example provides a similar judgment of Taliban opium policy.
Edward Tubb 14:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editorialism and references 

message: This section is not sourced. It ignores the difficulty inherent in switching Afghan production to licit production. Not in the least because Afghan opium production currently exceeds world demand for licit opiates by several orders, and very few of the major players are likely to benefit from switching (notably, dealer/warlords, farmers, major world licit opium producers like India and Australia).
I suggest that this section be deleted, currently the only licit opium produced in Afghanistan is that confiscated and sold by Iran and medical cultivation is not currently a policy direction in Afghanistan. 
A good summary of licit opium production is available here:
Edward Tubb 16:52, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Medical Production 

message: The opium production in Afghanistan is not controlled by Pashtun mafia, as it states on the article. Pashtun is not the only ethnic group involved in this, there are many different ethnic groups involved. Instead of blaming just one ethnic group, why not mention all the people of Afghanistan, including people from neighboring countries because the king pins are those living safely in Pakistan, Iran, UAE, Tajikistan, Russia, etc. I also agree that the article is biased towards one particular group of people, when only couple of Pashtun people were ever arrested and convicted. --Travler 10:21, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. The article seems generally weak, and inaccurate compared to what I've heard through the media. I've put a  on the article. Rwendland 15:03, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pashtun mafia 

message: I thought that the opium production during the Taliban was very low. In complete contrast to what the article says. I will remove the unsourced paragraph. Andries 08:26, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
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text: "U.N. drug control officers said the Taliban religious militia has nearly wiped out opium production in Afghanistan -- once the world's largest producer -- since banning poppy cultivation last summer."
Andries 08:29, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Taliban and opium

message: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/opium-brides/
99.190.86.5 (talk) 04:15, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
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message: Can someone add this? https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1427656965619134470
 “Afghanistan will not be a country of cultivation of opium anymore”
 
 Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the country will need “international help” but will see opium production reduced to “zero again”
Too afraid any edits I make will violate some rule and be reverted 73.65.167.168 (talk) 18:57, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  New government says it will eliminate opium production 

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