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Afghanistan is the world’s biggest producer of opium poppies, the sap of which is used to produce heroin, in an industry that accounts for tens of thousands of jobs and a substantial proportion of the country’s GDP. But now, the ruling Taliban has said it plans to put an end to poppy cultivation, leaving farmers fearing for their future in a country whose economy is in freefall.
‘We will be forced to steal’: Taliban bans poppy cultivation
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