Shakardara District
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Shakardara District is situated in the central part of
Shakardara district borders
In December 2009, the district was declared close to "Poppy-free" by the Afghan Ministry of Counternarcotics. This result was rewarded by the ceremonial opening of a 9 km (5.6 mi) asphalt road, completed by the ministry, which will allow local farmers to transport their products to a market in a remote portion of Shakardara District (under the Karzai administration each time a province in Afghanistan reduces or eliminates its poppy crop, the inhabitants benefit from new roads, schools, irrigation systems, or farming equipment).
In 2009, poppy cultivation in the whole Kabul province fell by 57%, and Kabul was said to be close to being named "poppy free" by the end of the year.[1]
On 17 May 2010 Pamir Airways Flight 112 crashed on a mountainside in the district.[2]
References
- ^ "Ministry of Counternarcotics Opens Road in Poppy-free Shakardara District through Good Performer's Initiative" Archived 2010-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Wreckage of Afghan plane, bodies found: minister". AFP. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
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