The World - News from March 10, 1986
A battle between armed opium farmers and Pakistani paramilitary forces sent to burn their poppy fields killed 13 people and injured 44, the newspaper Dawn reported. The government has moved against poppy growers in recent weeks in an effort to curb heroin exports; Pakistan is one of the world’s main sources of heroin. In Islamabad, more than 20 members of Parliament walked out to protest the police action.
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