Photo: Said Hosti / Twitter
Taliban will process cannabis
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The estimated investment in production is $ 430 million, the Taliban said.
The radical Taliban have announced their intention to establish a cannabis processing plant in the country. Said Khosti, the head of the press center of the Taliban Interior Ministry, wrote about this the day before. Twitter.
The message indicates that the venture will be created with the help of Cpharm. At the same time, the department does not provide details about this company.
According to Hosti, the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs for Combating Drugs met with representatives of this company. The proposed investment is $ 430 million.
“All stages of the contract with the specified company have been completed, and this project will officially start in the coming days,” Hosti assured and added that the products of this enterprise will also be used for the production of medicines and creams.
The Australian pharmaceutical company Cpharm has already responded to the Taliban’s message.
“We provide consulting services to pharmaceutical companies in Australia. Our company is not affiliated with cannabis or the Taliban in any way. We have no idea where the Taliban press release came from, and we want to reassure everyone that it cannot be associated with Cpharm Pty Ltd Australia “, it says in a statement companies.
Earlier, the UN said that Afghanistan increases opium production this year by 8% – up to 6.8 thousand tons. This country currently supplies 80% of all consumers in the world with opiates.
In turn, the Taliban promised end drug production in Afghanistan… But at the same time, the Taliban asked for international help for farmers who need to master other crops.
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