'Withdrawal symptoms': Afghan farms lament Taliban poppy ban / 33DU4AA
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In a secluded compound in south Afghanistan men hack down an opium poppy crop, enforcing a Taliban government order to wean the nation off the narcotic plant.
Last April, Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada declared poppy cultivation "strictly prohibited". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES