Women pay a price in war on Afghan drug trade
Poppy debts paid with daughters
SHINWAR, Afghanistan -- In the thirsty hills of Nangarhar province, debt is a way of life. Every autumn, sharecroppers take loans from drug traffickers to plant their poppy crops. After every harvest, they repay them in poppies, which are eventually turned into heroin. (Full article: 1480 words)
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