Is there any relationship between the east India company and the 400% rise in opium production in Afghanistan?

East India trading company --- drug smugglers who beat people by getting them addicted to stuff and then taking everything they had -- Entire nations



Since NATO forces got to Afghanistan --- heroin production has increased 400 %



Is there any relationship between this historical precedent and today ? Or are NATO forces just at a loss against the mud hut warriors of the Taliban ?Is there any relationship between the east India company and the 400% rise in opium production in Afghanistan?
Yes, more than likely. Interesting point. They maybe fanatic radicals, but Taliban are definitely against the production of the Opium and managed to lower it drastically while they were in charge. Morphine extracted from Opium is probably the mother of all pain killers and it's expensive for being a rarity and hard to get. I wonder if it's considered a commodity in the black market just like gold and coffee are in the stock market.Is there any relationship between the east India company and the 400% rise in opium production in Afghanistan?
I would not doubt it .

There are rumors that the CIA has also gotten into the opium trade .

Who knows -when it involves world power and wealth there are no good guys .Is there any relationship between the east India company and the 400% rise in opium production in Afghanistan?
Yes