Afghanistan: Baba Saffron! Know More about the Man Who Got Saffron to Afghanistan

Jan 26, 2021 | Mariam Alimi, Financial Express
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The cultivation, development and introduction of the saffron plant in Herat as the center of saffron production in the country is undoubtedly due to the man whom the President of Afghanistan has dubbed the “father of saffron”. Twenty-five years ago, when no one still knew about saffron and was not familiar with its cultivation, a man from the remote Pashtun Zarghun district east of Herat province brought Saffron onions to Herat and established a Saffron industry in the country.