AFGHANISTAN-ECONOMY-AGRICULTURE

AFGHANISTAN-ECONOMY-AGRICULTURE

An Afghan child separates loose husk from their basil harvest on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Nangarhar province on March 19, 2014. Only about 15 percent of Afghanistan’s land, mostly in scattered valleys, is suitable for farming with about 6 percent of the land actually cultivated with wheat being the most important crop. AFP PHOTO/Noorullah Shirzada