LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Security related problems have reduced in the Garamsir district of southern Helmand province, but residents have grown poppy crop in their fields in order to meet financial needs, the town’s administrative head says.
Omar Ayub Omari told Pajhwok Afghan News during an interview on Sunday that other districts faced more security problems than Garamsir where residents had grown poppy crop.
Recently there were reports that local officials had allowed farmers in Garamsir to cultivate the illicit plant in their fields.
But Omari said in this regard: “No official has allowed . . .
