Afghan Opium Poppy Cultivation on the Rise: Farmers left without alternatives — AAN

Four years on from the Islamic Emirate’s opium ban, the area under poppy cultivation is increasing and signs point to Afghan farmers expanding cultivation in parts of neighbouring Pakistan and Iran. AAN’s Jelena Bjelica (with interviews conducted by Nur Khan Himmat and Gulhan Durzai) heard from farmers in the three provinces with a significant increase […] The post Afghan Opium Poppy Cultivation on the Rise: Farmers left without alternatives appeared first on Afghanistan Analysts Network – English.