News:1999-04-30/Policy/taliban-decree-bans-cannabis-cultivation

NewsPolicy30 April 1999

Taliban decree bans cannabis cultivation

The Afghanistan Analysts Network reported in 2021 that the Taliban's first official ban on cannabis cultivation came in a three-article decree signed by Mullah Omar and published in the official gazette on 30 April 1999. According to the report, the first article declared cannabis cultivation absolutely banned and threatened the harshest punishment under sharia, and the second told provincial governors to take steps to prevent cannabis cultivation.

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PlaceKabulKabul ProvinceAfghanistan

Approximate location34.53, 69.17

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1999-04-30 Policy Taliban decree bans cannabis cultivation The Afghanistan Analysts Network reported in 2021 that the Taliban's first official ban on cannabis cultivation came in a three-article decree signed by Mullah Omar and published in the official gazette on 30 April 1999. According to the report, the first article declared cannabis cultivation absolutely banned and threatened the harshest punishment under sharia, and the second told provincial governors to take steps to prevent cannabis cultivation. https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/economy-development-environment/what-now-for-the-taleban-and-narcotics-a-case-study-on-cannabis/ Afghanistan Kabul Province Kabul 34° 31' 48.00" N, 69° 10' 12.00" E administrative seat