Taliban has also told the Afghan farmers not to grow poppies next year, but grow saffron (the world's most expensive spice) instead. The Afghan farmers are actually happy and relieved about this. No more getting robbed by the drug handlers they had to deal with. Now they'll be able to sell their product legally in any country and there is HUGE demand for saffron all over the world. They never profited off poppies because the drug smugglers left them barely enough to scrape by.
Taliban has also told the Afghan farmers not to grow poppies next year, but grow saffron (the world's most expensive spice) instead. The Afghan farmers are actually happy and relieved about this. No more getting robbed by the drug handlers they had to deal with. Now they'll be able to sell their product legally in any country and there is HUGE demand for saffron all over the world. They never profited off poppies because the drug smugglers left them barely enough to scrape by.