Afghanistan Bids Farewell To ‘Saffron Father’
By Shapoor Saber and Nilly Kohzad Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 15, 2020 Mohammad Akbar, known as Afghanistan’s “saffron father,” died on September 14 at the age of 83 in his home province of Herat in the country’s west. Akbar was one of the first Afghan farmers to pioneer the cultivation of saffron in the