Word: arghand
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...about price, though. Sarah Chayes, a former reporter for National Public Radio of the U.S., has worked with Afghan business partners over the past two years to produce fruit-based soap and body oils. Their Kandahar-based cooperative Arghand now exports to Canada and the U.S. "You don't even need to compete with opium on a straight price level, since there are other risks and taboos associated with growing opium," explains Chayes. "The best way to combat opium production is to expand the market for Afghanistan's fruit...
There's a big problem, of course. As Chayes says, "expanding in an active theater of war is an increasingly tricky notion." At the moment, Arghand relies on the generosity of the Canadian army, which lets Chayes use its post office for shipping. A commercial air-freight service, she says, would give a huge boost to the growing number of Afghan traders who want to export. It's a classic catch-22: freight companies shy away from Afghanistan because it's so unstable, but stability will come only when Afghanistan's economy improves, which will require more investment, such...
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