{
  "id": 17020066,
  "title": "Taliban’s poppy ban falters as Afghan farmers say they can't feed their children",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/talibans-poppy-ban-falters-as-afghan-farmers-say-they-cant-feed-their",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T05:46:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/talibans-poppy-ban-falters-afghan-farmers-say-they-cant-feed-their-children"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "By Mohammad Yunus Yawar , Sayed Hassib and Ahmad Masih Noori BABA 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…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Taliban taxes add pressure on Afghan grape farmers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/taliban-taxes-add-pressure-on-afghan-grape-farmers",
        "published": "2026-10-28T17:02:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}