Afghanistan’s Opium Industry Now Employs More People Than Its Military

By Pierre Bienaimé

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Afghanistan’s opium economy provides more employment — “up to 411,000 full-time-equivalent jobs” — than even the country’s armed forces, according to a quarterly report released today by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).

The country’s poppy cultivation is at an all-time high, covering more than …read more

Source:: Business Insider

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