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U.S. Campaign To Suppress Opium Trade Boosted Taliban Revenue, Says Economist

For almost two decades, the U.S. tried but failed to stop the opium trade in Afghanistan, a source of income for the Taliban. NPR's Michel Martin learns more from the CATO Institute's Jeffrey Miron.

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