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Afghan Farmers Start Opium Harvest Despite Taliban Warnings
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1:46Now PlayingAfghan farmers collected their first opium harvest of the season in the southern province of Helmand, despite Taliban pledges last year that they would crackdown on its cultivation.
In the Nad Ali district of Helmand, once a frontline between NATO forces led by the US Army and the Taliban, farmers collect the fresh opium coming out of poppy pods.
Each year workers from all around country gather in Helmand for the harvest season.
They first make small cuts on the poppy pods in the afternoon and collect the opium the next morning.
Each worker is paid 500 Afghanis (6 US dollars) per day during the 15-day harvest season.
A kilo of opium is sold for 6,000 to 10,000 afghanis (68 to 114 US dollars) depending on the quality.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said last year that Afghanistan continued to be the world's largest producer of opium, with the production of the narcotic contributing up to 11% of the country's economy.
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