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Number of drug addicts reaches 130,000 in Kandahar

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KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The number of people dependent on drugs is increasing with the passage of time in southern Kandahar province amid insufficient facilities for their treatment.

Last year it was said the number of individuals addicted to drugs was around 100,000 but now their population has grown to 130,000.

Counternarcotics Director Gul Mohammad Shukran told Pajhwok Afghan News that unfortunately the number of drug addicts was increasing with each passing day in Kandahar.

He said the number of such people had reached 130,000, with women constituting 10 percent of . . .

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