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704 addicts sent to Helmand jail for rehabilitation

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LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Over 700 drug addicts have been rounded up from different areas of Lashkargah City and sent to Helmand’s Central Jail for treatment and rehabilitation, prison officials said on Sunday.

Helmand Central Jail Head Bahauddin Atif said 704 addicts, including four women, had been brought to the facility. This also included some individuals who sold drugs.

He added soon after the Taliban took control, some 330 addicts were rounded up and sent to the jail for treatment. They would be freed and join families after recovery.

According to the rehabilitation method, Atif said every addict is kept in . . .

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