KABUL (Pajhwok): The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered the torching of drugs seized by the authorities.
In a new decree, Maulvi Haibatullah Akhundzada also ordered punishments for drug dealers and producers. Narcotics and the tools used in their production be destroyed, Bakhtar News Agency quoted as saying.
The joint board of Ministries of Interior and Public Health, as well as the Directorate of General Intelligence, was tasked with burning drugs in the presence of relevant court representatives.
The IEA supreme leader has already banned poppy cultivation and the production and trafficking of illicit drugs in Afghanistan . . .
