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The Taliban burn 2.7 tonnes of cannabis in Uruzgan

The Interior Ministry said counter-narcotics officers found a 2,700-kilogram cannabis shipment in Chinaratu district of Uruzgan province and destroyed it by burning. In the same announcement it reported 37 kilograms of opium seized in Farah and four arrests there. The Uruzgan haul was the largest cannabis seizure reported in the period reviewed.[1]

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References

  1. SATP — Taliban Interior Ministry confiscate 37 kg of opium and 2,700 kg of cannabis (5 February 2026)Summary of Interior Ministry statement; cannabis found in Chinaratu district, Uruzgan, and burned

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