US targets Taliban fundraising: airstrikes on opium production

Kinetic disruption of terrorist financing

In order to combat a significant source of Taliban funds, the US has undertaken 9 months of airstrikes against opium production sites in Afghanistan. The Taliban is believed to earn hundreds of millions of dollars every year in the opium trade, accounting for approximately 60% of the group’s revenues. According to US sources, to date, the airstrikes hav…