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Farmers in Balk-i-Sharif Back in the Hash Business!

Sun, 12/16/2007 - 01:43 — CannabisFarmer

Where opium poppies used to colour the plains of northern Afghanistan, towering cannabis plants now sway in the wind, filling the air with their pungent odour.

Farmers in Balkh province were banned from cultivating opium last year and have returned to another cash crop, a rich source of income that is still tolerated by the authorities.

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