edit in The Express Tribune, November 7th, 2023.Afghanistan’s poppy output has come crashing down since the Taliban government banned cultivation of the plant last year. The massive drop has caused a sharp reduction in the production of opium, heroin and morphine, severely hurting the drug lords. But conversely, the ban has made life even more difficult for the poor farmers who used to grow the crop. Most poppy farmers have shifted to wheat, but that…
Falling Afghan poppy crop
edit in The Express Tribune, November 7th, 2023.Afghanistan’s poppy output has come crashing down since the Taliban government banned cultivation of the plant last year. The massive drop has caused a sharp reduction in the production of opium, heroin and morphine, severely hurting the drug lords. But conversely, the ban has made life even more difficult for the poor farmers who used to grow the crop. Most poppy farmers have shifted to wheat, but that…