Afghan farmers stick to growing opium in the face of less lucrative options

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan farmers are busy in their poppy fields as the annual opium harvest begins, underscoring the government's failure to stamp out a crop that yields much of the world's supply of heroin.


from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2w75nHd

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