AFGHANISTAN TALIBAN: How The Taliban Makes Money ??
After a long battle of 20 Years between the Taliban and the Afghanistan Government with the support of NATO. The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan last month. To own the control of the nation which is helped by the United states and its NATO allies, the Taliban needs a huge budget and constant flow of money to fund its operations. As per a Forbes article published in 2016, the Taliban is the 5th richest terrorist organization in the world. According to a UN report in 2011, the Taliban used to earn around $400 million (2900 crores rupees) every year. According to a recent report of NATO, the Taliban earned $1.6 billion ( 11,840 crore rupees ) in 2020. Much of the Taliban's money comes from its drug trades. Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium. Opium is used to produce illicit drugs like Heroin. Afghanistan exports 80% of the world's opium valued anywhere between $1.5 billion to $3 billion. Taliban earns around $416 million ( 3000 crore rupee) from o...