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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And may I suggest you do some research before replying?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65787391

Balancing an AK-47 assault rifle slung around his left shoulder and a large stick in his right hand, Abdul hits the heads of poppies as hard as he can. The stalks fly in the air, as does the sap from the poppy bulb, releasing the distinctive, pungent smell of opium in its most raw form.

In April 2022, Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada decreed that cultivation of the poppy - from which opium, the key ingredient for the drug heroin can be extracted - was strictly prohibited. Anyone violating the ban would have their field destroyed and be penalised according to Sharia law.

The sticks are used to destroy the fields, not beat people 🤦

And punishment under Sharia law is much more severe than getting beat by a stick, which isn't something that obviously will never fly in the US.