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IEA’s supreme leader bans cultivation of cannabis in Afghanistan
The supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Hibatullah Akhundzada has issued a decree banning the cultivation of cannabis in the country.
The press office of the General Directorate of the Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has sent a memo to the media stating: “According to the decree of leader Mawlavi Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, cannabis cultivation in the country is Prohibited.
“The cultivation of cannabis plants is absolutely prohibited in the whole country, and after this, no one can plant cannabis on their land, otherwise their cultivation will be destroyed,” the decree said.
In the decree, the Ministry of Interior and other investigative agencies have been directed to arrest and refer anyone who breaks the law to court where punishment will be meted out in accordance with Sharia law.
Last year, Akhundzada issued a decree banning the cultivation, production and trafficking of narcotics.