Around 200 drug addicts have reintegrated into society and returned to their families after completing a three-month treatment programme in central Daykundi province, an official said on Friday.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs announced that 560 rehabilitated drug addicts were united with their families after graduating from the Technical and Vocational Education Center in Pul-i-Charkhi, Kabul.
A 29-year-old drug addicted youth has arrived in Afghanistan all the way from the United States of America (USA) and said the process of rehabilitation was simple in Afghanistan compared to the USA.
About 3,400 addicts have been reunited with their families after receiving treatment during the past 18 months in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Sunday. Mohammad Nabi Kamran, director of counter-narcotics, told Pajhwok Afghan News they had launched…
Some boxing athletes in western Ghor province have launched a campaign since last weeks encouraging people to quit drugs and turn to sports. Speaking to Pajhwok Afghan News, Abdul Qasim Ferdawsi, a boxer, said during the ongoing campaign,…
A number of people have resumed using drugs after their rehabilitation in western Farah province, an official said on Wednesday, adding such individuals would be rounded up and treated again. Maulvi Abdul Hai Sabawoon, Farah information and…
A number of residents and drug addicts in central Logar province have demanded rehabilitation facilities increased for drug addicts in the province. Officials say that efforts are underway to provide better treatment for drug addicts. Rahimullah, 45, who…
Local officials say 10,000 drug addicts out of about 90,000 have completed their rehabilitation course and have been handed over to their families in northern Balkh province. Juma Khan Rasikh, counter-narcotics head at Balkh police headqaurters, told Pajhwok…
At least 200 drug addicts were rounded up on the first day of a campaign kicked off in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, an official said. Naqibullah Rahimi, a spokesman for the Public Health Department, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Seven drug addicts have died of severe cold recently and a number of others transferred to warm places and hospitals for treatment in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Sunday. Ghazni mayor Haji Abdul Razaq Ziai told…
At least 45 drug addicts have died of extreme cold in western Herat province during the past two months, an official said on Tuesday. Maulvi Hayatullah Rohani, head of counter narcotics department of Herat, told media outlets…
For the first time in eastern Nangarhar province, a charity has started free treatment of drug addicts and has so far treated 25 people. Another 40 people are under treatment with the private Ikhlas Charity Foundation being run…
A number of residents of northern Takhar province say the population of drug addicts has been on the rise in Taloqan, the provincial capital, where the addicts have turned the recreational area into a safe haven for themselves.…
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…
A number of drug addicts have complained about the closure of a 20-bed hospital in western province, urging the government to reopen the facility.
About 700 drug addicts have been rounded up from the streets of the capital of northwestern Nimroz province for rehabilitation. Police chief Sardar Mohammad Ayubi told Pajhwok Afghan News the addicts had been evacuated to a former prison…
Tens of drug addicts who spend their days and nights on roadsides in Kabul City have asked the Taliban to pay attention to their condition and eradicate all types of narcotics from society. After regime change, drug addicts…
So far no drug addict has contracted coronavirus in Afghanistan while some addicts call themselves “anti-Covid-19”, but health experts term this a baseless claim. According to the Ministry of Public Health, since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, about…
KABUL (MoPH) has collected 400 drug addicts from various parts of central Kabul to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Marwa Amini, deputy spokeswoman for the Ministry of Interior, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the addicts had been collected…
Nearly 400 drug addicts were collected from various areas of Kabul and shifted to hospital for treatment by authorities on Wednesday, an official said. The addicts were collected from Pul-i-Sukhta neighbourhood of the city during a joint campaign…
As a result of continued deportation of Afghan refugees from Iran, the number of drug addicts in southwestern Nimroz province tripled this year, local officials said Monday. Nisar Ahmad Farahmand, an official of the provincial public health department,…
