The Taliban’s Life of Luxury - Ron Moreau, Daily Beast

According to a 2009 UNODC report on opium production, this tax is believed to have netted the insurgency some $22 million to $44 million a year—and the Taliban may have earned another $70 million by providing protection to drug-laden convoys traveling through their territory. -  The Taliban's Life of Luxury
The Taliban's New Role as Afghanistan's Drug Mafia - The Daily Beast