{"id":24620,"date":"2026-10-24T13:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/24\/taliban-burns-over-600-kg-of-narcotics-in-panjshir\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T13:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T13:30:16","slug":"taliban-burns-over-600-kg-of-narcotics-in-panjshir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/24\/taliban-burns-over-600-kg-of-narcotics-in-panjshir\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban burns more than 600 kg of narcotics in Panjshir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Panjshir province, more than 600 kilograms of narcotics seized in different parts of the province were burned by the drug enforcement department of the provincial police command. The action was carried out in the presence of several local Taliban officials.<\/p>\n<p>The burning of narcotics by the Taliban comes as drug trafficking and drug use have long been among Afghanistan\u2019s most serious challenges. The incident is seen as a symbol of the Taliban administration\u2019s show of efforts, which has so far failed to prevent the spread, cultivation and trafficking of narcotics and has had widespread negative consequences for society and the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as the Taliban administration has repeatedly spoken about fighting drugs, but experts and international organisations have stressed that these efforts are insufficient. Panjshir province, too, as one of the country\u2019s sensitive regions, continues to grapple with this problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban authorities burn over 600 kg of seized narcotics in Afghanistan\u2019s Panjshir province amid ongoing drug trafficking concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}