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Peshawar: For decades, Taj Muhammad Afridi has been growing some of Pakistan's finest marijuana. By now, at his family homestead in the Tirah Valley in Pakistan's tribal belt, hundreds of marijuana plants should be full-grown, some as tall as a one-storey house. Usually, at this time of year, he would be ready to produce a sought-after range of hashish. But Afridi's crops - and those of others nearby that produce eye-popping amounts of marijuana - have been abandoned, and are in danger of becoming another casualty of Pakistan's decade-long war against terrorism and Islamist militancy.
After Mr Afridi planted his marijuana seeds in February, the military began a series of military operations on Taliban fighters who had found refuge in the Tirah Valley. The operation displaced Mr Afridi and a quarter-million other residents, many of whom are still waiting to go home. "We know that our crops are still there," said Mr Afridi, 65, noting the region's moist climate allows...
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