Firstpost, 6 December 2025
In this opinion piece on the Indian news website, the author quotes – among other sources – from recent AAN research:
According to interviews and testimonies documented by international and Pakistani media outlets, as well as field reporting by organisations such as the Afghanistan Analysts Network, Afghan farmers who migrated to Balochistan to grow poppy say that Pakistani officials and militia groups do not stop cultivation; instead, they allow it to continue in exchange for bribes.
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This article was last updated on 8 Dec 2025
