Reply #44: More than half the people under the aegis of 'Taliban' are drug criminals

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They are mad because the West, lead by the United States, has come in and trashed the opium trade in the area.

It will be somewhat of a challenge to negotiate with local factions who want all foreigners out, ideological factions who want the non-islamic foreigners out, and organized crime who want out anybody who stands in the way of their drug trade.