Taliban Announce Ban on Harvesting Poppy Plants in Afghanistan | EWTN News Nightly

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The Taliban has announced a ban on harvesting poppy plants, typically used in producing opium and other drugs like heroin and morphine. Farmers who continue to grow poppy plants can be jailed and have their crops burned. The Taliban has also outlawed the transportation and trade of alcohol, rules that are reminiscent of the Taliban's previous reign back in the 1990s. Senior Fellow for the South and Southeast Asia and Middle East Action Teams at the Religious Freedom Institute and Resident Scholar at Baylor University's Institute for the Studies of Religion, Charles Ramsey, joins to discuss why the ban is so significant and the type of impact he thinks it could have on the country. But first, Ramsey talks more about the acts of violence going on in Afghanistan and what he thinks this signals. The economy in Afghanistan is in turmoil, so much so that the UN is trying to raise over $4 billion in aid for the people of the country. Ramsey explains what the chances are that the Afghan people will actually receive that aid. He fills us in on whether he sees things getting better in Afghanistan, despite the humanitarian crisis getting worse and worse. EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf