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Farmers struggle to make a living in former key poppy farming district
One of the affected farmers is Mohammad Esa, who has switched from poppies to cotton and basil but he says he is not happy with the results.
Marjah district of Helmand province was once known as a major poppy growing area in the country but today, no poppies are in sight and instead, farmers say they are struggling to make a living.
These farmers have appealed to the Islamic Emirate to work with them to find alternate crops to plant.
One of the affected farmers is Mohammad Esa, who has switched from poppies to cotton and basil but he says he is not happy with the results.
Esa is not alone in this, as many farmers in the district say crops they have switched to are not bringing in enough money to cover living costs.
However, local officials say they have provided assistance to these farmers but that they hope to provide additional help in the near future.
Farmers in the district have tried to switch to wheat, corn, basil and cotton.
Helmand province has extremely fertile soil and farmers believe that with the right help from government, and with the provision of water, conditions would be perfect for wheat farming.
In April 2022, the Islamic Emirate’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada imposed a comprehensive ban on opium cultivation, production, processing and trade.
The IEA has since said that poppy farming has been entirely eradicated in the country.
Abdul Haq Hamkar, Chief Executive Officer of Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), has met with Tajikistan’s Minister of Energy and Water Resources Daler Juma during a visit to Tajikistan.
According to DABS, the two sides discussed increasing electricity imports from Tajikistan and expanding power transmission infrastructure between the two countries.
They also discussed a proposed 500-kilovolt transmission line from Tajikistan through Afghanistan to Iran, which they said could contribute to expanding regional power transmission networks and strengthening energy cooperation.
The meeting also covered planned energy projects in Badakhshan province and Afghanistan’s border districts. Both sides emphasized expanding cooperation to help provide a stable electricity supply to these areas.
Hamkar said energy is not only a technical requirement but also essential for the operation of hospitals, industrial development, education, and the country’s economic and social growth.
He called for further expansion of energy cooperation between Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
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UN expert calls for accountability after Pakistani airstrikes kill civilians in Afghanistan
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett has called for accountability following Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Kunar and Helmand provinces that killed multiple civilians.
“Accountability is paramount after another air strike that has killed civilians, most of them children,” Bennett said in a post on X.
He questioned whether the incident resulted from “incompetence, negligence or worse,” adding that there was no justification for what he described as “irreparable harm” to civilians.
Bennett said the reported incident appeared to violate international human rights and humanitarian law.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said it had confirmed that at least 10 civilians were killed and nine others injured in the airstrikes carried out on Thursday.
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Four members of one family killed in Helmand in Pakistan airstrike
The family, originally from Ghazni province, reportedly operated a small restaurant in the area.
Four members of a family were killed and seven others wounded in an airstrike in Safar area of Garmser district in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, according to local reports.
The family, originally from Ghazni province, reportedly operated a small restaurant in the area.
The bodies of those killed and the wounded were transported by helicopter to Ghazni province for burial and medical treatment, according to the reports.
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