Harvest season has started and it's a busy time for 20-year-old Afghan farmer, Mohammad Ahmadi. But instead of traditional wheat or corn, Ahmadi is scratching poppies -- a herbaceous plant with showy flowers and pink sap -- in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province.

Harvesting to build a better future for some Afghan farmers

For only the second time in his life, Afghan farmer Murad Khan Ishaqzai has been forced to leave the home where he was born 80 years ago -- not by war but the worst drought in living memory.

Afghan farmers fleeing drought face more hardship in camps

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Harvesting to build a better future for some Afghan farmers

Afghan farmers fleeing drought face more hardship in camps