PETER KENYON, BYLINE: I spoke with Kairullah, who works his land in Herat province in western Afghanistan, the center of the country's saffron production. And as NPR's Peter Kenyon reports, after years of drought conditions and now political problems at the border with Pakistan, the news isn't good. Agriculture is the most important livelihood in the country by a very wide margin.
The 20-year conflict in Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover of the government have affected Afghans in all walks of life.
