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Taliban face rare public uprising against their rule in northeastern Afghanistan
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 5, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s hardline Taliban leaders have threatened to militarily suppress unprecedented violent public protests in a northeastern border region against a nationwide ban on poppy cultivation. The unrest erupted last Friday when the Taliban’s anti-narcotics forces began destroying poppy fields in Badakhshan province, prompting angry farmers to resist