News:2000-06-25/Policy/taliban-anti-narcotics-decree-bans-cultivation-and-trade-of-poppy-and-cannabis

NewsPolicy25 June 2000

Taliban anti-narcotics decree bans cultivation and trade of poppy and cannabis

The Afghanistan Analysts Network reported that on 25 June 2000 Mullah Muhammad Omar signed an anti-narcotics decree of six chapters and 28 articles. According to the report, the decree banned the cultivation, processing, production, sale, purchase and smuggling of both poppy and cannabis, and stated that poppy fields found in Taliban-held areas during the 2001 growing season would be destroyed.

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PlaceKabulKabul ProvinceAfghanistan

Approximate location34.53, 69.17

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2000-06-25 Policy Taliban anti-narcotics decree bans cultivation and trade of poppy and cannabis The Afghanistan Analysts Network reported that on 25 June 2000 Mullah Muhammad Omar signed an anti-narcotics decree of six chapters and 28 articles. According to the report, the decree banned the cultivation, processing, production, sale, purchase and smuggling of both poppy and cannabis, and stated that poppy fields found in Taliban-held areas during the 2001 growing season would be destroyed. 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