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2021-11-25 Afghanistan

Taliban have signed a deal with Australian company Cpharm that wants to set up a cannabis processing center

Is it wise to compete directly with the traditional opium/heroin trade in that part of the world?

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ICYMI: The #Taliban have signed a deal with Australian company Cpharm that wants to set up a #cannabis processing center in #Afghanistan, according to a Taliban spokesperson.https://t.co/oFFxV7Wy4D
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) November 24, 2021

Afghanistan’s deputy narcotics minister reportedly met with a representative of the company on Tuesday, who pledged a $450 million investment for the project, according to the Pajhwok news agency.

Cpharm did not immediately respond to Al Arabiya English’s request for comment.

Khosty said that the company, which produces medicinal cannabis cream, would be given access to thousands of acres of Afghan cannabis crops.

After taking control of Afghanistan in August, the Taliban
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vowed to crack down on cannabis production in the country.

Yussef Wafa, a Taliban governor of Kandahar, said in October that the group had been arresting drug users and would not let farmers grow cannabis or opium poppies.

Farmers reported seeing no real change in the group’s attitudes towards them, however.

Cannabis and opium crops were known to be significant sources of revenue for the hardline group when it operated as an insurgency under the US-led occupation of Afghanistan.

Posted by Fred 2021-11-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top
File under: Taliban/IEA

#1 Wasn’t us, they say.

Posted by Grunter 2021-11-25 04:15|| 2021-11-25 04:15|| Front Page Top

#2 It's What You Do When Gat Ain't Got'It'Anymore ™

Posted by Woodrow Borgia8355 2021-11-25 05:32|| 2021-11-25 05:32|| Front Page Top

#3 I think letting various Western corporations try their luck at commerce in the Stan is a great way to apply Darwinsim to greedy business types. As long as it's gullible shareholders rather than taxpayers (who basically are allowed no say in the matter) getting skinned back, it's all good.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-11-25 08:46|| 2021-11-25 08:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Opium, cannabis... now if they could just add coca plantations and a string of meth labs, they'd be approaching a well-diversified product portfolio

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-11-25 09:38|| 2021-11-25 09:38|| Front Page Top

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