CIA secretly deployed genetically modified seeds to disrupt Afghanistan's opium trade

The CIA secretly deployed billions of genetically modified poppy seeds via clandestine night flights over Afghanistan to disrupt its opium trade. This covert operation, active for over a decade until around 2015, aimed to degrade the potency of the opium crop by cross-pollinating with native plants. The program's existence was confirmed by multiple sources, and it represents an undisclosed effort in the long-standing US campaign against narcotics.