HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Saffron farmers in western Herat province claim Iranian saffron is smuggled into Afghanistan and then exported in the name of Afghanistan product.
They say the smuggling of Iranian saffron to Afghanistan has greatly affected the prices of domestic product.
A kilogram of saffron was sold from 70,000 afghanis to 100,000 Afghanis in domestic markets two years ago compared to their this year’s price of 30,000 to 40,000 afghanis.
Shakoor, a saffron farmer in Herat province, said that the saffron price fell around 50 percent during the last three years due to its . . .
