Taliban bans poppy cultivation in Afghanistan and destroys violators’ crops

Published 2022년 4월 4일

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The Taliban's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has imposed a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, making it illegal to grow the crop throughout the country. This decree, declared at a press conference by government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid, threatens farmers with the destruction of their crops and punishment under sharia law. This ban comes as Afghanistan remains the world's leading poppy grower, with its production and exports seeing a significant increase. The Taliban had previously outlawed poppy trade in 2000, but during their 20-year insurgency, they had also relied on poppy farming taxes as a crucial revenue source.

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The Taliban's supreme leader issued a ban on poppy growing in Afghanistan on Sunday, threatening that the country's hardline Islamist government will retaliate against farmers who planted the crop. Afghanistan is the world's largest grower of poppies, the sap that is refined into heroin and its output and exports have increased dramatically in recent years. "All Afghans are informed that poppy cultivation is now totally outlawed across the country," declared Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada in a decree. At a press conference attended by reporters, foreign diplomats, and Taliban officials, government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid read out the order. "Anyone who disobeys the directive will have their crop destroyed immediately, and the violation will be dealt with according to sharia law," it added. This isn't the first time the fundamentalist group has declared the trade illegal. Production was outlawed in 2000, just before the group was deposed by US-led forces in the ...

Source: Krishi Jagran