CIA secretly spread morphine-free poppy seeds in Afghanistan

The CIA secretly sabotaged poppy seeds in Afghanistan for over a decade. From 2004 to 2015, the agency airdropped billions of morphine-free poppy seeds to contaminate Afghan opium crops, aiming to disrupt Taliban funding. The costly, covert operation, authorized by President Bush and continued under President Obama, had divided opinions on its effectiveness and yielded no significant reduction in opium production before the Taliban banned it.