ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan — Abdul Hamid’s pomegranate trees were scarred from bullets and shrapnel. The river was low and the land dry. There was no profit anymore from the fruit that made his ...

“The thing we wanted was some vital instructions on how to grow our pomegranate trees but they have just given us this book, which is empty,” said Gulam Haider, a 60-year-old farmer from ...

Hundreds of thousands of pomegranate trees were planted in the past year. Construction is under way on a £6 million juice factory in Kabul, where up to 200 workers will make juice concentrate ...

ARGHANDAB (Afghanistan): President Hamid Karzai boasts that Kandahar’s pomegranates are the best in the world; others say they contain the Almighty’s miracle cures.

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

Pomegranates trees and bushes have glossy leaves and are native to the Middle East. They're hardy across US hardiness zone seven to zone 11, and come in a wide range of varieties, including ...

Can You Spot What’s Wrong With This USAID Photo of an Afghan Pomegranate Farmer? 2 minute read. By Tara John. Updated: May 1, 2017 9:33 AM [ET] | Originally published: May 1, 2017 9:12 AM EDT; ...

Clogged with overloaded trucks, construction firm yards, hardware shops and police checkpoints, the Jalalabad road on the outskirts of Kabul is an unlikely place for an agricultural revolution.

ARGHANDAB (Afghanistan): President Hamid Karzai boasts that Kandahar’s pomegranates are the best in the world; others say they contain the Almighty’s miracle cures.