Afghanistan - Afghan Indica

What is the significant difference between Pakistan land race and Afghani? It seems to me that they are so close in proximity (including elevation, geology and geography) that the genetic differences would be negligible.

One might thhink so but the opposite is true. Back in the Hippie era before the war afghanistan was the gateway to India for all the travellers. it was like every moslem's task to visit Mekka a holy task to visit India not only for smoking, but for it's ancient wisdom and religious expertise etc. So the travels usually went non stop to Istanbul's pudding shop, where all travellers met and you could score the first true landrace hash. The green Turk - I boughht a chunk of hash there and asking the american girl who guided as to the local dealer# house told me according to my question How many grams are this (around an ounce i guess) she answered forget about grams "it'll take you to Afganistan..there you get better stuff*

Chicken Street in Kabul was notorious for the people who wanted to get to India fast but the true connaisseur smokers went north to Mazar-i-Sharif. My best friend told me he saw a huge hash plant in front of the police station in Mazar-i-Sharif. Tora Bora, Sheberghan, each valley produces another phenotype with the richest creamiest sweetest and tastiest hashish you will find anywhere on this planet. It is extremely potent, but due to it's narcotic relaxing effects it is not as racey as some other varieties, so that paranoia is usually kept at bai. extremely red eyes may occur, though-so best smoke that shit in private. The Paki oth has a harsher, less tasty character. It was mainly used to be mixed under afghan pollen for export. For years the dominant Hahish sold in large amounts in europe was the NPL, which was a combination of Nepali, Afghan and Pakistani pollen. afaik (hear say) was that it contained between 40 to 60 % Afghan up to 20 % (usually less) Nepali and the rest was Paki. That smoke was really decent; but nothing compared to the purer afghan bricks in 100 gram plattes. Even those with lots of plant material inside tasted better than the NPL. I only got one sample from a traveller who brought back Pakistani hash pressed in thin plates. That was a very nice smoke, but still not on the level of the better afghani chunks I came across.

Of course I was not there to sample directly so take that with a grain of salt. I am sure that certain valleys bordering on the afghani Hindu-Kush will produce great tasting Cannabis, it is just on a larger scale Pakistan is low or at least flat land and very densely populated, a different culture and Afghanistan is nearly mountain only with very few people living on a huge era with thousands of valleys in a massive mountain region with only a few larger cities. The main producer of quality Hashish since thousands of years.. My favorite Hashish brand, only surpassed by Kashmir Charras which is basically impossible to get since Kashmir is on lock since the early 80ies. No way to get a Visa. That is the last great unknown region for breeders ... who dares to bring seeds from there first ?

The last time I had Afghani hashish was some import through a local dealer-Pre Soviet invasion in December of 1978. I was a sophomore in high school. Our town, here in the Pacific Northwest, was a notorious drop off point for Columbian Gold, Panama Red and Thai. Anyway, the hash was dark and the aroma was unforgettable. The hash I make now is great hash, but definitely is not land race from Afghanistan.

At the Seattle hemp fest, I asked some pakis if they would send some relatives into the tribal areas and take GPS pics of the plants and get their seeds, that we we could have proof location of landrace. Since I am too chicken to into Afghanistan, especially the tribal areas.