Taliban govt signs deal with Australian firm for cannabis centre
The group after coming to power in August had vowed to launch crackdown on illegal drugs trade.
The Taliban-led Afghan government has inked an agreement with Australian firm, Cpharm, to set up a cannabis processing centre in the country.
A spokesperson for the Taliban said that all the formalities of the accord had been completed. He added that officially the project will be kicked off in the next few days.
“The project will create job opportunities for the Afghan citizens,” Taliban press director Saeed Khosty wrote on social media.
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He said that the Australian company had pledged to invest $450 million in the project.
In this connection, Khosty said, the deputy Afghan minister for narcotics had held a meeting with the Cpharm’s representative.
We will give access to thousands of acres of land to Cpharm that produces medical cannabis cream, he added.
Taliban after coming to power in August had vowed to launch crackdown on illegal drugs trade.
Last month, Kandahar Governor Yussef Wafa has claimed that the group was arresting drug users. He had also said that the farmers would not be allowed to cultivate cannabis.
On the other hand, the growers of cannabis said that they had not witnessed any change in Taliban’s behavior towards them since assuming the power.
