JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Poppy crop in eight districts of eastern Nangarhar province near producing yield as security forces have launched strict eradication drive.
Farmers said they cultivated poppy because they did not get refined seeds, urea and other assistance that made it hard for them to earn profit from other crops.
Ghanikhel, Spinghar, Sraraod, Pachiragam, Khogyano, Hesarak and Sherzad are those districts where poppy had been cultivated and is near producing yield.
Security forces, however, claimed eradicating poppy on over 300 acres land but in most areas farmers continue collecting opium from poppy plants . . .
