PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): The number of drug addicts in northern Baghlan province has increased to 60,000 as their only rehabilitation center in the province has been shut since last year.
Dr. Rahm Khoda Noori, director of the 30-bed drug addicts’ treatment hospital in Pul-i-Khumri, told Pajhwok Afghan News the number of addicts in the province had surged compared to previous years.
He said during the previous regime, the number of addicts was 55,000, but now their strength had increased to 60,000 people.
According to him, for the past one year, the treatment center . . .
