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Food prices rise sharply after fighting disrupts Afghan harvest

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Nov 26, 2015
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Food prices are shooting up in Afghanistan as the harvest has been halted in the country’s breadbasket in the northern province of Kunduz, where farmers have fled fighting and fields are infested with explosives.

The war between pro-government forces and the Taliban has been intensifying in the north. Insurgents briefly took over Kunduz City at the end o…

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