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The Cannabis and Chilgoza Side-Narratives
As if the discourse wasn’t crowded enough, fringe arguments resurfaced—dragging Tirah’s long-known cannabis cultivation and comparisons with chilgoza (pine nut) initiatives in former conflict zones of Waziristan.
Yes, Tirah has historically been a major cannabis-growing region.
Yes, chilgoza farming has received structured state and security facilitation elsewhere.
But conflating illegal narcotics economies disrupted by militancy with legal agro-rehabilitation projects is not analysis—it’s rhetorical sleight of hand. There is no evidence of institutional “control” or profiteering equivalence. These comparisons muddy understanding rather than clarify it.
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