US military boosts efforts to help Afghan farmers

INDIANAPOLIS -- The American military is expanding its efforts to rebuild Afghanistan's agriculture after decades of war left the nation's farm-based economy in ruins.

Once a major exporter of dried fruits, nuts and exotic crops such as pomegranates, Afghanistan is now known mainly for growing poppies for the opium trade. - US military boosts efforts to help Afghan farmers

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