Spring approaches but flower sales are down

KABUL (Tolo News): With the arrival of spring, the market for buying and selling flowers and seedlings in Kabul has increased, but some flower sellers say their sales have dropped compared to past years. “Compared to previous years, the amount of sales has decreased, the amount of flowers is more, but visitors are a little less,” said Homayoun, a seller.
“We have more than 500 to 600 varieties of flowers that used to be imported from outside Afghanistan but now, fortunately, are grown and sold in Afghanistan by our own farmers,” said Feraidon, a seller. Kabul residents say that widespread poverty is the cause fir low flower sales.
“Compared to every year that we see, there is no growth in the flower market, I do not understand why the changes have taken place …,” said Abdul Manan, a resident in Kabul. “In the past, when we came here, a lot of people were here, but today, when we came here, there was no one. When we came only one or two people were here,” said Shir Agha, a resident of Kabul. Tree-planting campaigns have been launched in recent weeks in various parts of Kabul and other provinces around the country.