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Armed Taliban security personnel sit on a humvee armoured vehicle outside a mosque in Argo district, Badakhshan province on May 6, 2024. From satellite images, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have seen success in slashing opium production, but on the ground, farmers stripped of their livelihoods have resisted anti-narcotics units -- sometimes at the cost of their lives.The end of last week was marked by violent clashes in mountainous Badakhshan province that left two dead, according to provincial police (Photo
Armed Taliban security personnel sit on an armored vehicle outside a mosque in Argo district, Badakhshan province on May 6, 2024. (Getty Images)

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