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NewsPolicy28 March 2020

Taliban decree bans cannabis cultivation in areas under their control

The Afghanistan Analysts Network reported in October 2021 that the Taliban banned cannabis cultivation and the production and trafficking of hashish in areas under their control by a decree of the Supreme Leader issued in March 2020, first reported on 28 March 2020. According to the report, farmers who had already sown were allowed to harvest the 2020 crop, and field visits in November 2020 found the ban obeyed in five districts of Ghazni and Paktika. Interviewees in Balkh, Kandahar and Nangarhar did not report the Taliban announcing and enforcing the ban there by mid-2021.

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2020-03-28 Policy Taliban decree bans cannabis cultivation in areas under their control The Afghanistan Analysts Network reported in October 2021 that the Taliban banned cannabis cultivation and the production and trafficking of hashish in areas under their control by a decree of the Supreme Leader issued in March 2020, first reported on 28 March 2020. According to the report, farmers who had already sown were allowed to harvest the 2020 crop, and field visits in November 2020 found the ban obeyed in five districts of Ghazni and Paktika. Interviewees in Balkh, Kandahar and Nangarhar did not report the Taliban announcing and enforcing the ban there by mid-2021. https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/economy-development-environment/what-now-for-the-taleban-and-narcotics-a-case-study-on-cannabis/ Afghanistan