In March 2020 the Taliban's supreme leader issued a decree banning cannabis cultivation and the production and sale of hashish in areas under the movement's control. The leadership consulted scholars for a fatwa and justified the ban on religious and social grounds, while acknowledging the cost to farmers. Enforcement began in newer growing areas such as Ghazni and Paktika, but the Taliban did not apply it in the traditional heartlands of Kandahar, Nangarhar and Balkh in the first season.[1]
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References
- Afghanistan Analysts Network — What now for the Taleban and Narcotics? A case study on cannabis (27 October 2021)Section 'The new Taleban ban on cannabis' and Annex 1; decree first reported on 28 March 2020
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