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The United States Institute of Peace: "Poppy has been replaced by wheat, a low-value crop, boding ill for the economy, poverty and the ban’s future". 🤡 (www.usip.org)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If the ban remains in place, it would demonstrate the regime’s strength but also worsen rural poverty, increase dissatisfaction among landholders and spur political instability

Saying the quiet part out loud, I see.

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