The Taliban is banning opium poppy production in Afghanistan, which is the world's largest producer of the drug. In the past, opium has provided a crucial revenue stream for the Taliban.
from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime found that poppy cultivation covered 320,000 hectares throught the country, an area about the size of Rhode Island.
Any farmers caught continuing with a harvest will be jailed and their crops will be burned, according to Taliban’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, who announced the ban during a press conference in Kabul on Sunday.
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