Opium Poppy Farming Ongoing in Nangarhar District
Many residents of the Shirzad district in the eastern province of Nangarhar are busy growing opium poppy in the Gandamak area, where it was planted months earlier.
Farmers who grow and harvest the opium poppy in the district receive 500 Afs (About $6.40) per day.
“We don’t have money--there is neither work nor school, therefore we came here with our children for work," said Abdul Haq, a laborer in Shirzad district.
The Taliban had full control over most areas in Shirzad district, said district residents and farmers, adding the Taliban had cultivated the opium poppy while they controlled the district.
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