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Helmand Poppy

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Helmand wheat farmers turn to poppies again

A number of farmers who previously sowed wheat and corn crops have cultivated poppy plant in their fields in southern Helmand province this year. Abdul Bari, a farmer in Nad Ali district, told Pajhwok Afghan News that he…

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Helmand farmers now grow poppy crop thrice a year

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…