Taliban on the path of legalizing ‘cannabis processing’ in Afghanistan

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• Nov 25, 2021 | moderator

Kabul: Taliban regime in Afghanistan has signed a contract with an Australian company named as Cpharm, to grow and manufacture cannabis products. An Australian firm carrying the samne name has denied its involvement in the project.

With this, the hardline Islamist regime has shown its interest in ‘cannabis processing’ after continuously showing its denial in participating in ‘cannabis’ and ‘opium’ farming. Social media posts from the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs said that the company, Cpharm, agreed to make an investment worth more than $400 million to set up a cannabis production factory in the country.

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The Australian company later said it has no idea what the Taliban is talking about.

“We have become aware overnight of numerous media articles stating that Cpharm in Australia has been involved in a deal with the Taliban to be involved in the supply of cannabis in a cream,” a press release said.

“We DO NOT manufacturer or supply anything. We provide a medical advi ce service to the pharmaceutical industry within Australia. We have no products on the ARTG. We have no connection with cannabis or the Taliban. We have no idea where the Taliban media release has come from and want to assure everyone that it should not be connected to Cpharm Pty Ltd Australia.”

Earlier, Qari Saeed Khosty, a spokesperson for the Taliban, which seized power from the Afghan government this summer following the U.S. military withdrawal, had provided details in a Twitter thread about the supposed deal.