Police destroy 3,361 acres of hashish farms in Badakhshan
Counter-narcotics police destroyed 3,361 acres of hashish farms across Badakhshan province in a two-week campaign to 5 October 2026, warning growers of stern action against poppy, hashish and other illegal crops.
🇦🇫 Badakhshan province · Afghanistan
Police in charge of counter-narcotics destroyed more than 3,000 acres of
hashish farms in northern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province over two weeks,
the provincial police office said in a statement on 5 October 2026.[1]
A total of 3,361 acres of hashish farms were destroyed across Badakhshan in
the anti-drug campaign, the statement said, warning that stern action would
be taken against anyone cultivating poppy, hashish or other illegal crops.[1]
Sources
- Over 3,000 acres of hashish farms destroyed in Afghanistan's Badakhshan. Xinhua, 5 October 2026. In English.
Open questions the AI reported
- No second outlet could be opened for this campaign; the account below is the only one verified.
- The statement did not say which districts the destroyed farms were in or whether anyone was arrested.