Afghanistan Starts New Drive To Weed Out Poppies In Counternarcotics Campaign

Afghan authorities chopped down poppies in Badakhshan Province amid a new drive to eliminate sources of the opium and heroin trade. But past efforts to replace poppies have faltered as farmers say they can't survive on what they earn from alternative crops. Originally published at - https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-opium-poppies-drug-trafficking/31296911.html

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