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Afghanistan
Taliban Issues Nationwide Ban on Cannabis Cultivation in Afghanistan
DID Press: Taliban leadership has issued a new decree banning the cultivation of cannabis plants, commonly known as “bhang,” across Afghanistan. Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s supreme leader, announced the nationwide prohibition, warning that any fields found growing cannabis will be…
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Development
UN Boosts Tajikistan, Uzbekistan with High-Tech Gear against Terror and Arms Trafficking
DID Press: UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), with financial support from the Government of Canada, delivered advanced ballistic equipment and information technology systems to the ministries of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to bolster…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns of Rising Threat from Transnational Crimes in Afghanistan
DID Press: UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) representative in Afghanistan has warned of the expanding threat posed by synthetic drug trafficking and organized crime, stressing that countering these networks requires international cooperation, disruption of illicit financial flows, and…
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