Afghanistan: Low Quality Foreign Saffron Passed off as Afghan Product

Sep 25, 2018 | Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews
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The ACCI raised concerns this week about the smuggling of saffron into the country which is then sold on as an Afghan product. Nasir Ahmad Durani Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock this week briefed MPs in the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) on the illicit trade and said it was having a negative impact on the sector. Durani revealed that mafia syndicates are smuggling low quality saffron into Afghanistan and then exporting it as an Afghan product.