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Afghanistan's drug trade: Will the Taliban's poppy ban work?

Mujtaba Haris
09 June, 2022
A Taliban fighter raises the movementÕs flag as they take a tour of the military assets that were left behind on the military airbase side of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in the wake of the American forces completing their withdrawal from the country in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)
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Taliban chief orders ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 April, 2022
Afghan farmers prepare poppy bulbs for harvest by slicing them with razors in the field May 16, 2002 near the city of Kandahar, in southern Aghanistan
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Could Afghanistan become a narco-state?

Stasa Salacanin
16 September, 2021
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Virus and war pushes Afghans towards opium farming

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 August, 2020
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Gunman killed nine homeless drug users in Kabul

The New Arab & agencies
17 February, 2020
Afghan farmers harvest opium - AFP
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Iran witnesses opium plague as drug addiction soars

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab & agencies

25 June, 2017
Iranian men smoke opium in a tent in
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A new way to get stoned in Iran

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

26 October, 2015