Opium traded in Helmand despite pledge to ban cultivation
(22 Jun 2022)
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Musa Qala district, Helmand province – 18 June 2022
1. Close of man counting money in a weekly market held in Musa Qala, Helmand province, where opium farmers sell opium
HEADLINE: Opium traded in Helmand despite pledge to ban cultivation
2. Various of bags of opium on scale
ANNOTATION: Opium farmers in Afghanistan are still selling their harvest to smugglers at a weekly market in Helmand province.
3. Various of local opium seller weighing opium
ANNOTATION: The Taliban's new campaign to ban poppy cultivation, aiming to wipe out the production of opium and heroin, doesn't seem to bother these farmers.
4. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Mir Ahmad, Opium farmer and dealer:
++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
"People will sell it (opium) as long as they have it at home, it is not food, so they can keep it ). By selling it, people can make some money to feed their families."
5. Mid of Shir Mohammad opium seller waiting for clients
6. Various of bags of opium
ANNOTATION: Farmers sell a kilo of opium for between 6,000 to 10,000 afghanis, or about $67 to $112, depending on the quality.
7. Various of Taliban fighters patrolling Musa Qala main market dressed and equipped with the former Afghan security forces uniform
ANNOTATION: During the insurgency years, the Taliban profited from the trade by taxing opium and heroin traffickers.
ANNOTATION: But after their return to power last August, the group is working to crackdown on cultivation and trade.
8. Crowd of locals in Musa Qala main market
9. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Mawlawi Abdul Ahad Fazli, Taliban appointed Musa Qala district chief:
++SOUNDBITE PARTLY OVERLAID WITH THE FOLLOWING SHOT++
"If somebody is selling a couple of kilograms of it (opium) that they have at home, we don't know about it, but we don't allow anyone to trade it in markets."
10. Opium smugglers standing with a bag of opium
11. Bag of opium on the scale
12. Close of hands checking small packages of opium
ANNOTATION: Helmand is Afghanistan's opium heartland, cultivating 62% of the country's poppies, according to a United Nations Office on Drug and Crime survey.
13. Wide of market
STORYLINE:
Opium farmers in Afghanistan are still selling their harvest to smugglers at a weekly market in Helmand province.
The Taliban's new campaign to ban poppy cultivation, aiming to wipe out the production of opium and heroin, doesn't seem to bother these farmers.
Farmers sell a kilo of opium for between 6,000 to 10,000 afghanis, or about $67 to $112, depending on the quality.
During the insurgency years, the Taliban profited from the trade by taxing opium and heroin traffickers.
But after their return to power last August, the group is working to crackdown on cultivation and trade.
Helmand is Afghanistan's opium heartland, cultivating 62% of the country's poppies, according to a United Nations Office on Drug and Crime survey.
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Musa Qala district, Helmand province – 18 June 2022
1. Close of man counting money in a weekly market held in Musa Qala, Helmand province, where opium farmers sell opium
HEADLINE: Opium traded in Helmand despite pledge to ban cultivation
2. Various of bags of opium on scale
ANNOTATION: Opium farmers in Afghanistan are still selling their harvest to smugglers at a weekly market in Helmand province.
3. Various of local opium seller weighing opium
ANNOTATION: The Taliban's new campaign to ban poppy cultivation, aiming to wipe out the production of opium and heroin, doesn't seem to bother these farmers.
4. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Mir Ahmad, Opium farmer and dealer:
++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
"People will sell it (opium) as long as they have it at home, it is not food, so they can keep it ). By selling it, people can make some money to feed their families."
5. Mid of Shir Mohammad opium seller waiting for clients
6. Various of bags of opium
ANNOTATION: Farmers sell a kilo of opium for between 6,000 to 10,000 afghanis, or about $67 to $112, depending on the quality.
7. Various of Taliban fighters patrolling Musa Qala main market dressed and equipped with the former Afghan security forces uniform
ANNOTATION: During the insurgency years, the Taliban profited from the trade by taxing opium and heroin traffickers.
ANNOTATION: But after their return to power last August, the group is working to crackdown on cultivation and trade.
8. Crowd of locals in Musa Qala main market
9. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Mawlawi Abdul Ahad Fazli, Taliban appointed Musa Qala district chief:
++SOUNDBITE PARTLY OVERLAID WITH THE FOLLOWING SHOT++
"If somebody is selling a couple of kilograms of it (opium) that they have at home, we don't know about it, but we don't allow anyone to trade it in markets."
10. Opium smugglers standing with a bag of opium
11. Bag of opium on the scale
12. Close of hands checking small packages of opium
ANNOTATION: Helmand is Afghanistan's opium heartland, cultivating 62% of the country's poppies, according to a United Nations Office on Drug and Crime survey.
13. Wide of market
STORYLINE:
Opium farmers in Afghanistan are still selling their harvest to smugglers at a weekly market in Helmand province.
The Taliban's new campaign to ban poppy cultivation, aiming to wipe out the production of opium and heroin, doesn't seem to bother these farmers.
Farmers sell a kilo of opium for between 6,000 to 10,000 afghanis, or about $67 to $112, depending on the quality.
During the insurgency years, the Taliban profited from the trade by taxing opium and heroin traffickers.
But after their return to power last August, the group is working to crackdown on cultivation and trade.
Helmand is Afghanistan's opium heartland, cultivating 62% of the country's poppies, according to a United Nations Office on Drug and Crime survey.
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