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'Without Opium, We Cannot Afford Food': Why Afghan Farmers Are Defying The Taliban Ban

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NDTV Profit'Without Opium, We Cannot Afford Food': Why Afghan Farmers Are Defying The Taliban Ban
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Afghan farmers are returning to poppy cultivation as poverty deepens, opium prices remain elevated and legal crops offer far lower incomes.

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