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It's a bumper year for two lucrative flower crops in Afghanistan. Rose-growers are harvesting flowers for rose oil whilst at the same time, illicit opium production has reached a record high. BBC Afghan's Auliya Atrafi tells the stories behind the flowers.
Image: (L) Damask Rose in Syria (R) and Poppies in Afghanistan
By BBC World Service4.8
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It's a bumper year for two lucrative flower crops in Afghanistan. Rose-growers are harvesting flowers for rose oil whilst at the same time, illicit opium production has reached a record high. BBC Afghan's Auliya Atrafi tells the stories behind the flowers.
Image: (L) Damask Rose in Syria (R) and Poppies in Afghanistan

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