05/24/10
The Taliban finances much of
its operations by selling opium
grown from poppies, which are
now being harvested.
So, why are American troops
now helping the Afghan farmers
grow that opium?
This is controversial.
The opium trade is the Taliban's
main source of funding.
Around here this poppy isn't
only a plant,
it's the very basis of the economy
here.
If the US burn their crop,
farmers would blame the US
for their poverty
and turn toward the Taliban.
If we secure them
having a good harvest,
now they are gonna get paid
for all their hard work.
And then we can deal with
trafficking afterwards.
After farmers get paid,
try to capture drug traffickers.
These troops have confiscated
10,000 pounds of opium
before the profit reached
the Taliban.
タリバンの資金源はアヘン
その原料のケシは今が収穫期だ。
アメリカ軍はなぜ
農民のケシ栽培を支援するのか？
アヘン取り引きは
タリバンの主要な資金源だ。
原料となるケシは
この地域の経済を支えている。
畑を焼けば 収入を断たれた農民は
タリバン頼みになる。
収 穫があれば
農民は収入を得られます。
我々は密売人を追います。
密売人の捜索は
農民が収入を得た後だ。
タリバンの懐を肥やす前に
大量のアヘンを押収した。
