Afghan farmers were upset when the Taliban banned opium cultivation this month and experts say the Taliban's cash-strapped, pariah government is unlikely to provide alternative livelihoods for the farmers.
An avalanche has killed 20 people in Dangam district of the eastern Kunar province in Afghanistan and 15 bodies have been recovered, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported Monday.
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