Afghanistan: Abundant Afghan Harvest Wilts amid Violence and Extortion

Sep 4, 2017 | Mujib Mashal, New York Times
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In recent years, the violence in Afghanistan has dipped and peaked with the spring and fall harvests - the propsperity of one and the description of the other each dangerous in its own way. In the spring, when the lucrative poppy crop is is ready for lancing, the violence subsides. But in the fall, when the fruit season is in full swing and the agricultural improvements of recent years bear results for poor farmers, the violence escalates.