Taliban’s poppy ban falters as Afghan farmers say they can't feed their children
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar , Sayed Hassib and Ahmad Masih NooriBABA YUSUF, Afghanistan, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Carpets still hang on the walls of Mohammad Dawood’s home in a northern Afghanistan village, and ornate mirrors still catch the light, relics of the years when a single poppy harvest could carry his family through the year.But the 28-year-old says he now spends his days bent over cotton and wheat in fields that barely provide a living.
