In this picture taken on September 24, 2021, men gather around bags containing heroin and hashish as they negotiate and check quality at a drug market on the outskirts of Kandahar. – While their country’s economy teeters on the brink of collapse, vendors at an opium market in southern Afghanistan say prices for their goods have skyrocketed since the Taliban takeover. (Photo by Bulent KILIC / AFP) / TO GO WITH ‘Afghanistan-politics-drungs-opium’

Vendors reported that the opium price in the southern Afghanistan market had increased since the Taliban takeover. A local vendor said that he knew that opium is haram in Islam but he didn’t have any other choice as the country was already on the verge of a breakdown.

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