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No option but to grow poppies, say Ghor farmers (Video)

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14 Mar 2015 - 19:07
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14 Mar 2015 - 19:07

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): The counternarcotics department of western Ghor province on Saturday confirmed it had not provided incentives to farmers to discourage poppy cultivation.

A number of growers argued they had to cultivate illicit poppies because the government did not assure them of economic assistance in return for a halt to growing the crop.

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