Afghanistan: move misplaced narratives into segment fields

The last codified drug lawTaliban's Penal Code for Courts, from 2010signed on 4 January 2026, treats possessionnow sets the narcotics penalties. Article 101 grades sale and trafficking onpossession of hashish by weight: up to 5 g brings one scaleyear, over 5 g up to 30 g two years, over 30 g up to 100 g two and a half years, and over 100 g six months for each additional 100 g, capped at seven years. A person[@code2026] Simple use is a separate six-month offence under article 102.[@code2026] The 2010 law's exemption for a certified as addicted andaddict holding up to 50 g of hashish for personal use is exempt from prosecution and sent to treatmentlegacy; anyone else holding cannabis is dealt with on the trafficking scale.[@af2010] Since 2021 the Taliban have applied sharia courts2026 code's only exemption is a general certificate under article 114, and no comprehensive published drug code replaces these provisionscannabis exemption programme was found.[@aanaf2010,code2026] Offenders also face imprisonment and flogging in practice.[@am]

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label Certified addictionSale or possession, up to 505 g hashish (article 101) · treatment toleratedcriminal · term Personal usePossession · note Exempt from prosecution and referredprison 1 year, label Over 5 g up to 30 g hashish · treatment criminal · term Possession · prison 2 years, label Other personal possessionOver 30 g up to 100 g hashish · treatment criminal · term Possession · note Prosecuted on theprison 30 months, label Over 100 g hashish or cannabis trafficking scale; Taliban courts also apply sharia punishment· treatment criminal · term Possession · prison min 3 years · prison 7 years · note Six months for each additional 100 g, capped at seven years

Article 4194 of the 2010 law punished2026 code grades cannabis cultivation onby area: under half a jerib (about 0.1 hectare) brings six months, half a jerib nine months, over half up to one acre with up to two months in prisonjerib one year, with fiveand over one jerib one year plus six months for each extra jerib and ten days added for each additional quarterextra half-acre; an organiser or instigator received doublejerib, and thecapped at seven years.[@code2026] The crop wasis destroyed without compensation.[@af2010code2026] On 19 MarchThe 2023 the Taliban's supreme leader issued a decree banning cannabis cultivation across the country: crops are destroyed and growers are brought before the courtsnationwide remains in force.[@am]

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label Up to one acreUnder half a jerib · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · prison 26 months, label Half a jerib · note Crop destroyed without compensationtreatment criminal · term Cultivation · prison 9 months, label More thanOver half up to one acrejerib · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · note Two months plus five days for each additional quarter-acre; crop destroyedprison 1 year, label Organiser or instigatorOver one jerib · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · prison min 18 months · prison 7 years · note Double the cultivation penaltySix months per extra jerib and ten days per extra half-jerib, capped at seven years

Hashish trafficking is graded by weightArticle 101 applies the hashish sale-and-possession scale to dealing: one year up to 105 g brought up to one month in prison, 10 to 100 g one to two months, 100years up to 50030 g, two and a half years up to three months, 500100 g to 1 kg three to six months, and 1 to 5 kg six months to one year. Above 5 kg the sentence was one year plus three months for each additional 500further 100 g, capped at tenseven years.[@af2010code2026] Herbal cannabis followed a separate scale, reaching threeTransport inside Afghanistan under article 95 runs from one year under 1 kg to tenthree years for more than 5–30 kg, then one year for each extra 20 kg, and import under article 99 reaches seven years with one year for each extra 10 kg above 30 kg.[@af2010code2026] The 2010 law also allowed life imprisonment for large-scale traffickingRepeat offences double the sentence and the vehicle is burned.[@code2026] There is no life sentence or death penalty for armed resistance that caused a deathcannabis trafficking in the 2026 code.[@sherloccode2026]

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label UpSale or possession, up to 105 g hashish · treatment criminal · term Trafficking · prison 1 monthyear, label Over 105 g up to 10030 g hashish · treatment criminal · term Trafficking · prison min 1 month · prison 2 monthsyears, label Over 10030 g up to 500100 g hashish · treatment criminal · term Trafficking · prison min 230 months · prison 3 months, label Over 500 g up to 1Transport, 5–30 kg hashish (article 95) · treatment criminal · term TraffickingTransport · prison min 3 monthsyears · prison 6 months, label Overnote One year under 1 kg up to , two years for 1–5 kg hashish · treatment criminal · term Trafficking · prison min 6 months · prison 1, then one year per extra 20 kg above 30 kg, capped at seven years, label OverImport, 5–30 kg hashish (article 99) · treatment criminal · term TraffickingImport · prison min 1 year3 years · note One year plus three months per additional 500 gunder 1 kg, up totwo years for 1–5 kg, then one year per extra 10 kg above 30 kg, capped at seven years

Use is prohibiteda six-month offence under article 102 of the 2026 code, with no fine. A person[@code2026] The 2010 law's exemption for a certified as addicted who uses or holdsaddict holding up to 50 g of hashish for personal consumption is exempt from prosecutionlegacy, and taken to a treatment centre; an addicted personthe 2026 code replaces it with more thana general exemption certificate that can be detained for treatment and punishedno cannabis programme operates.[@af2010] Outside that exemption,code2026] In practice users face sharia punishment, and the Taliban have rounded drug users up intoare also detained in compulsory treatment camps and flogged.[@aan,am]

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label Certified addiction, up to 50 g hashish · treatment tolerated · term Use (article 102) · note Exempt from prosecution; treatment referral, label Use without certification · treatment criminal · term Use · prison 6 months · note Sharia punishmentNo fine; flogging and compulsory treatment campsalso reported

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