Afghanistan Economy | Taliban banning poppy cultivation

The Taliban recently banned the cultivation of poppies in Afghanistan. Critical to the stability and rural economy of Afghanistan, this move from the Taliban is going to have devastating consequences to an already impoverished nation.

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Citations:

New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/03/world/asia/taliban-opium-poppy-afghanistan.html

Reuters:
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-bans-drug-cultivation-including-lucrative-opium-2022-04-03/

VOA News:
https://www.voanews.com/a/taliban-poppy-ban-worsens-poverty-in-afghanistan-experts-warn-/6530551.html

Gandhara:
https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/afghan-farmers-livelihood-taliban-bans-opium/31803532.html

Foreign Policy:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/31/the-geopolitics-of-the-talibans-opium-economy/

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime:
https://www.unodc.org/documents/crop-monitoring/Afghanistan/20210503_Executive_summary_Opium_Survey_2020_SMALL.pdf

Middle East Institute:
https://www.mei.edu/publications/afghanistans-opium-poppy-economy

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