Document #1265869

AFP - Agence France-Presse (Author), published by ReliefWeb

Afghans defy warnings as poppy season opens

Original link (no longer valid) http://reliefweb.int/node/491666

ecoi.net description:
Start of poppy season sees wide-spread recruitment of harvest helpers; farmers give up to 2 thirds of their income to local Taliban leaders as protection money
Country:
Afghanistan
Sources:
AFP - Agence France-Presse (Author), published by ReliefWeb
Published:
23 April 2012
Original link (no longer valid):
http://reliefweb.int/node/491666
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Document ID:
1265869 (former ID 214589)

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