Taliban’s poppy ban falters as Afghan farmers say they can't feed their children

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Afghan farmers say the Taliban's poppy ban has undermined their ability to support their families, as income from opium-poppy harvests had previously sustained them through the year. The report is set in Baba Yusuf, a village in northern Afghanistan.

BABA YUSUF, Afghanistan, Oct 29 - Carpets still hang on the walls of Mohammad Dawood’s home in a northern Afghanistan village, and ornate mirrors still catch the light, relics of the years when a single poppy harvest could carry his family through the year.