LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): A former drug addict has established a treatment centre for drug addicts in the capital of southern Helmand province, the world’s leading opium producing region.
Abdul Rahim, who himself used drugs for 10 years, told Pajhwok Afghan News 140 addicts were currently being treated at the centre funded by Haji Wali Barakzai, a trader who had been addicted to heroin for 10 years.
Rahim said all expenses of the ‘treatment’ facility were paid by Barakzai, who launched the facility by collecting 250 addicts from . . .
