Farishta
“These spring winds, which give such delight to the kite runners, descend cold and heavy from the melting mountain snows and are swept aloft by the warm air rising from the northern steppes and southern deserts. They also pose a serious hazard to aircraft flying low across Afghanistan’s treacherous mountains between the months of March and May.
I had cleared my schedule for two days, anticipating the arrival of counter-narcotics officials from the British and American embassies. They were coming... in response to a series of urgent e-mails I had sent reporting that it was already too late to stop the bumper crop of opium poppies expected to be harvested this year in Balkh Province.
I’d been asked to accompany the two men on a helicopter tour of the thousands of acres of poppy fields that had burst into deadly and colorful bloom. They were scheduled to arrive by Afghan Army helicopter—a risky way to travel over the mountains even in the best of times.
“The trip has been cancelled, Angela,”MoreLess
I had cleared my schedule for two days, anticipating the arrival of counter-narcotics officials from the British and American embassies. They were coming... in response to a series of urgent e-mails I had sent reporting that it was already too late to stop the bumper crop of opium poppies expected to be harvested this year in Balkh Province.
I’d been asked to accompany the two men on a helicopter tour of the thousands of acres of poppy fields that had burst into deadly and colorful bloom. They were scheduled to arrive by Afghan Army helicopter—a risky way to travel over the mountains even in the best of times.
“The trip has been cancelled, Angela,”MoreLess
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