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Poppy revenues become main financial support to Afghan Taliban

TheTalibanmilitantshavebeenusingthemoneycollectedastaxesfrompoppygrowerstobuyweaponsandkeeponfightingagainstgovernmentinAfghanistan,reportedalocalnewspapertheDa

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Growing poppies a detested yet profitable business for farmers in southern Afghanistan

​"I hate poppies and the drug trade but poverty and my dire need for money have forced me into this lucrative business and I can earn a relatively good income and support my family from farming the plant," a farmer in the southern Kandahar province, Sadiq Agha, 55, told Xinhua recently.

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Myanmar continues efforts to fight drug

​Myanmar continued to fight drug in 2014 under an extended program for five more years until 2019 to maintain the momentum of war against drug.