LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The cultivation of poppy crop twice or thrice a year has become common in some areas of southern Helmand province, the world’s leading opium producing region.
Basirul Haq, a farmer in Nawzad district, told Pajhwok Afghan News some farmers grew the illicit plant twice or thrice a year in some areas of the district.
“In the past, farmers would sow poppy seeds in fall season and would harvest the yield in spring, but now they cultivate the dangerous plant in summer and . . .
