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Poppy Cultivation Helmand

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‘Poppy cultivation almost zero in Helmand’

Farmers in southern Helmand province have reduced poppy cultivation by more than 99 percent this year, according to a research study on Tuesday. “This is extraordinary as Helmand typically produces more than half of the country’s opium each…