Badakhshan Burns: Armed Farmers Clash with Taliban Over Poppy Crackdown
A violent confrontation erupted in Shahran, the administrative centre of Khash district in Badakhshan province, as local farmers launched an armed protest against the Taliban’s ongoing anti-narcotics campaign. According to local sources, tensions flared on Thursday when the Taliban’s counter-narcotics unit deployed tractors to destroy poppy fields, a primary source of livelihood for many in […]
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