From poppy to wheat: Afghan farmers rebuild their fields

MOHAMMAD AGHA, Afghanistan, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Where purple poppies once fueled the global heroin trade, fields of golden wheat and potatoes now stretch across the landscape in Mohammad Agha district of Afghanistan's eastern Logar province. Four years after Afghanistan imposed a nationwide ban on poppy cultivation, opium production and drug trafficking, farmers are increasingly replacing illicit crops with wheat
2026-06-26 09:15:17