News:1999-08-18/Policy/taliban-decree-authorises-destruction-of-hashish-and-hashish-workshops

NewsPolicy18 August 1999

Taliban decree authorises destruction of hashish and hashish workshops

The Afghanistan Analysts Network reported that on 18 August 1999 the Taliban leadership issued a second decree on cannabis, which legalised the destruction of hashish-processing workshops and authorised the Minister of Vice and Virtue and his staff to destroy hashish and hashish workshops wherever they were. Citing David Macdonald's 2007 book, the report says 34 workshops in Nangarhar were allegedly destroyed after the decree, with 25 more in Helmand the following year.

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PlaceKabulKabul ProvinceAfghanistan

Approximate location34.53, 69.17

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1999-08-18 Policy Taliban decree authorises destruction of hashish and hashish workshops The Afghanistan Analysts Network reported that on 18 August 1999 the Taliban leadership issued a second decree on cannabis, which legalised the destruction of hashish-processing workshops and authorised the Minister of Vice and Virtue and his staff to destroy hashish and hashish workshops wherever they were. Citing David Macdonald's 2007 book, the report says 34 workshops in Nangarhar were allegedly destroyed after the decree, with 25 more in Helmand the following year. 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