4 kg hashish among 800 kg narcotics destroyed in Ghor
Ghor police burned more than 800 kg of seized narcotics, including 4 kg of hashish, at a site away from residential areas on 20 July 2026. The hashish is the separately stated cannabis component of the mixed destruction, which also included opium, methamphetamine and precursor chemicals.
In western Ghor province, police burned more than 800 kilograms of narcotics
along with thousands of kilograms of precursor chemicals used in drug
production.[1]Ghor police headquarters said the substances were destroyed on
Monday at a site away from residential areas in the presence of a designated
committee.[1]Police said the narcotics and chemicals had been seized during
counter-narcotics operations.[1]Police said the destruction followed relevant
regulations to prevent misuse and protect public health.[1]
The destroyed items included 4 kilograms of hashish, the separately stated
cannabis component recorded here.[1]The same items included 33 kilograms of
opium, 1.7 kilograms of methamphetamine, 799.2 kilograms of Type F narcotics and
two litres of alcohol.[1]They also included 150 kilograms of processed yama,
10,000 kilograms of leafy yama, 600 litres of acetyl, 496 litres of acid, 4,405
kilograms of lime and 12,900 kilograms of caustic soda.[1]
The Taliban administration announced the same destruction of more than 800
kilograms of narcotics with thousands of kilograms of precursor and chemical
substances in Ghor province.[2]The Ghor Police Command’s press office said
the substances were burned on Monday in the presence of an assigned delegation
at a site away from residential areas.[2]That statement said the narcotics
had been seized during detection operations by anti-narcotics forces.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The dates of the earlier counter-narcotics seizures that produced the destroyed stockpile were not reported; 20 July 2026 was the Monday destruction reported by both outlets and is used as the incident date.
The combined total of more than 800 kilograms and all opium, methamphetamine, Type F, alcohol, yama and precursor-chemical amounts are mentioned only to explain the mixed destruction and are excluded from cannabis figures.
AtlasPress describes the 150-kilogram and 10,000-kilogram yama amounts as impure and processed opium while Pajhwok calls them processed and leafy yama; the report uses Pajhwok's wording and the cannabis figure is unaffected.
The same Pajhwok article also reports a separate Jawzjan operation in Aqcha district with two drug-selling arrests, 155 grams of hashish, 320 tablets and eight additional gambling arrests, which is a different event left out here.
No arrests, charges or court outcomes for the Ghor destruction itself were reported.
Counter-narcotics police in Afghanistan's Takhar province stopped a car in Taluqan, the provincial capital, and arrested four suspected traffickers. Police said 40 kilograms of hashish and 143 kilograms of opium were hidden in compartments in the vehicle, and the provincial police spokesman put the narcotics seized at more than 180 kilograms.
Police in Pasaband district, Ghor detained 27 people and destroyed eight drug factories during a 20-day operation, seizing 8.5 kg of processed hashish among other drugs and vehicles. The detainees were referred to court and all seized narcotics were destroyed by burning.
Khost anti-narcotics officers seized about 3.2 kg of hashish and more than 3,215 narcotic pills in Speri district, arresting one person. The hashish is the cannabis component of the mixed seizure; the pills and a further 1.4 kg were reported without a clear cannabis link.
Anti-narcotics police stopped a shipment of 245 kilograms of hashish in the Kotol Anjuman area of Paryan district, Panjshir province, and arrested four people. The suspects were referred to judicial authorities after initial questioning. The ministry did not say where the shipment was going.
