They did that when they were trying to be recognized as a state, which they were earnestly trying to do all the way to September 10th, 2001. Without that prosp

They did that when they were trying to be recognized as a state, which they were earnestly trying to do all the way to September 10th, 2001. Without that prospect, they stopped bothering. The Taliban's popularity came despite the opium ban, not because of it. The poppy growers did not get high on their own supply.