Afghanistan: Could New Poppy Strain Be Boosting Afghanistan's Opium Crop?

Mar 16, 2017 | Gul Ahmad Ehsan, Institute for War & Peace Reporting
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Karam Khan, an opium poppy farmer from Helmand, is delighted that business is booming. New strains of seeds mean that poppy could be sewn and harvested all year round, he said, and shrinking government control over the province has left farmers free to cultivate the illegal crop.