The war’s intense conclusion and a drought combined to wipe out the famous Afghan pomegranate harvest in Kandahar Province, during a devastating national economic crisis.

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Afghan pomegranate sellers display their product during the World Pomegranate Fair in Badam Bagh Farm in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov 20, 2008.

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In early November the Afghan agriculture ministry and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) held a World Pomegranate Fair at a model farm on the edge of Kabul.

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Afghanistan has hosted the first international pomegranate fair in the hope that its farmers will become more renowned for producing the ruby-coloured fruit than opium poppies.

A powder made from dried pomegranate skin can be used for anaemia, which can also be treated with the blood-red flesh of the fruit as can blood pressure problems and hepatitis, some say.

For people in Afghanistan, the fruit has a multiplicity of values- besides being used as a commercial beverage.

A powder made from dried pomegranate skin can be used for anaemia, which can also be treated with the blood-red flesh of the fruit as can blood pressure problems and hepatitis, some say.