Tuesday, 11. November 2003
Topic: DRUGS - on November 11, 2003 at 11:00:05 AM CET
Afghan poppies sprout again
At the entrance to this thriving village in Nangahar province is an old, bent metal sign that reads: “Drug abuse is the greatest evil of society. Let us save ourselves, our children and our society.” BUT IN the surrounding fields, farmers feverishly plowing the rich dark earth for winter planting season have only one crop in mind: opium poppy. Some have already agreed to sell their future crop to smugglers from Pakistan, who are eager to front them seed and fertilizer money in return for a guaranteed low price at harvest time.
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