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Can the Taliban’s opium ban help Afghanistan shed its drug economy?
The Kabul administration’s prohibition of poppy cultivation has led to a spike in synthetic drug production. Only adequate agriculture reforms will be able to attract farmers to other cash crops.The Kabul administration’s prohibition of poppy cultivation has led to a spike in synthetic drug production. Only adequate agriculture reforms will be able to attract farmers to other cash crops.
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