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Fruit replaces dreaded poppy farms

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• Nov. 20: Afghan men look at a pomegranate stall during the World Pomegranate Fair in Badam Bagh Farm in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan officials have launched a marketing campaign for the fruit in the hope that it will give farmers an alternative to growing poppies.
• Nov. 20: Afghan pomegranate sellers display their product during the World Pomegranate Fair in Badam Bagh Farm in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan officials have launched a marketing campaign for the fruit in the hope that it will give farmers an alternative to growing poppies.
• Nov. 20: An Afghan pomegranate seller display his product during the World Pomegranate Fair in Badam Bagh Farm in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan officials have launched a marketing campaign for the fruit in the hope that it will give farmers an alternative to growing poppies.
• Nov. 20: Ali Akbar, an Afghan pomegranate seller, arranges his product during the World Pomegranate Fair in Badam Bagh Farm in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan officials have launched a marketing campaign for the fruit in the hope that it will give farmers an alternative to growing poppies.
• Nov. 20: Ali Akbar, an Afghan pomegranate seller, arranges his product during the World Pomegranate Fair in Badam Bagh Farm in Kabul, Afghanistan. The latest push for peace in the land of Taliban insurgents and the opium poppy is a marketing campaign for the fruit.