NEW DELHI -- Afghanistan's opium poppy farmers resumed cultivating the crop this month with apparent impunity, despite assurances from the Taliban that the country will not become a hotbed for the illegal drug trade.
Afghanistan turmoil
Afghan poppy season returns in force under Taliban rule
Farmers say authorities have not halted cultivation, despite public pledges
Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has tripled by area since the U.S.-led invasion that deposed the Taliban in 2001. © Reuters
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