And this comment in the story really caught my attention as well -->
He added that another main source of income was opium produced by poppy farmers in Helmand, thanks to a Taliban fatwa, or holy order. "Our scholars have given a religious decree saying that things which are usually abominable in Islam are permitted to wage jihad against the enemies of Islam," he said.
Authority without freedom is tyranny. Freedom without authority is anarchy. There must be a balance of freedom and authority.