Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

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According to statistics, opium poppy production in Afghanistan has decreased by 19% since 2015. However, the recent upsurge in violence in the south of the country could only get worse after the end of the harvest campaign in May. Extremists are already deploying armed forces to protect their vast drug empire.

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Afghan farmers collect poppy juice in a field in the Zari district of Kandahar province April 12, 2016.

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

An Afghan child carries a shovel on his shoulder through a poppy field in the Zari district of Kandahar province on April 11, 2016.

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Afghan farmers harvest opium from a field in Gereshk, Helmand province April 8, 2016.

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Farmers sit at the edge of a poppy field in the Zari district of Kandahar province on April 2, 2016.

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Gathering opium in a field in Gereshk, Helmand province on April 8, 2016.

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

An Afghan security official walks past a burning pile of confiscated drugs in Jalalabad April 12, 2016. Then, according to the authorities, about 21 tons of opium, heroin, alcohol and hashish were burned.

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

This is what raw opium looks like. An Afghan farmer displays it while harvesting in a field in Kandahar province.

Pink dope: how the opium poppy is harvested in Afghanistan

Keywords: Afghanistan | Poppy | Opium | Plantation | Harvest

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