News:2023-03-18/Policy/taliban-re-establish-the-ban-on-cannabis-cultivation

NewsPolicy18 March 2023

Taliban re-establish the ban on cannabis cultivation

The International Crisis Group reported that in March 2023 the Taliban re-established the ban on the cultivation of cannabis, which the report calls widespread. According to the report, the initial narcotics ban of April 2022 had covered cannabis, but the Taliban had been lenient about cannabis until then. In the same month an edict of the Emir instructed the authorities to set out punishments for those involved in producing and trading drugs and alcohol, and ordered seized drugs burned.

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PlaceKabulKabul ProvinceAfghanistan

Approximate location34.53, 69.17

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2023-03-18 Policy Taliban re-establish the ban on cannabis cultivation The International Crisis Group reported that in March 2023 the Taliban re-established the ban on the cultivation of cannabis, which the report calls widespread. According to the report, the initial narcotics ban of April 2022 had covered cannabis, but the Taliban had been lenient about cannabis until then. In the same month an edict of the Emir instructed the authorities to set out punishments for those involved in producing and trading drugs and alcohol, and ordered seized drugs burned. https://www.crisisgroup.org/rpt/asia/south-asia/afghanistan/340-trouble-afghanistans-opium-fields-taliban-war-drugs Afghanistan Kabul Province Kabul 34° 31' 48.00" N, 69° 10' 12.00" E administrative seat