68 drug addicts shifted to Kabul for treatment

JALALAABAD (Pajhwok): Police have collected dozens of drug addicts from the streets of Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, and have transferred them to capital Kabul for treatment.

According to officials, the addicts will remain hospitalized at the Kabul Addiction Treatment Center for six months.

Sayed Tayyeb Hammad, spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial police headquarters, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Counter-Narcotics Department had collected 68 drug addicts from different areas of Jalalabad city and sent them to Kabul for treatment.

He added that the drug addicts will undergo a six-month treatment course in Kabul before reunion with their families.

“Recently, our security forces have intensified their fight against drugs and are trying to completely eliminate the cultivation, use and trade of drugs in Nangarhar”.

Last week, police collected addicts from different areas of Jalalabad and shifted them to Kabul for treatment.

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