Published 04/03/2022 11:46:00 a.m.

Taliban bans drug cultivation, including lucrative opium

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Afghanistan is the world's biggest producer of poppies, the source of sap that is refined into heroin. Production was banned in 2000, just before the group was overthrown by US-led forces in the wake of the September 11 attacks. It is not the first time the fundamentalist group has vowed to outlaw the trade.

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Times of India

Taliban chief orders ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan

Afghanistan is the world's biggest producer of poppies, the source of sap that is refined into heroin, and in recent years its production and exports have only boomed.

04/03/2022 10:19:00 a.m.·India

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News18 India

Taliban Announces Ban on Drug Cultivation, Including Harvest of Poppy for Lucrative Opium

Drug control is one major demand of the international community as the Islamist group seeks formal recognition to wind back sanctions that have crippled the economy

04/03/2022 6:06:41 p.m.·India

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The Hindu

Taliban announce ban on poppy production in Afghanistan

Poppies are the main source of income for millions of small farmers and day labourers who can earn upwards of $300 a month harvesting them and extracting the opium.

04/03/2022 12:04:21 p.m.·India

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The Independent

Afghanistan's Taliban announce ban on poppy production

Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban have announced a ban on poppy production, even as farmers across the country began harvesting the bright red flower that produces the opium used to make heroin

04/03/2022 11:15:01 a.m.·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

Afghanistan's Taliban announce ban on poppy production

Afghanistan's ruling Taliban announced a ban Sunday on poppy production, even as farmers across the country began harvesting the bright red flower that produces the opium used to make heroin.

04/03/2022 12:15:38 p.m.·Canada

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Reuters

Taliban bans drug cultivation, including lucrative opium

By Charlotte Greenfield and Jibran Ahmad KABUL/PESHAWAR - The Taliban announced on Sunday a ban on the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world's biggest opium producer. "As per the decree of the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, all Afghans are informed that from now on, cultivation of poppy has been strictly prohibited across the country," according to

04/03/2022 9:49:47 a.m.·United Kingdom

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