drug addicts

KABUL (Pajhwok): Vocational training for nearly 800 drug addicts has begun in Omidtreatment center in Kabul under the auspices of the Ministry of Labor and

Security forces have seized nearly 700,000 narcotic tablets and handed over nearly100 drug addicts to their families after treatment in northwestern Nimroz province.

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.

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): About 3,400 addicts have been reunited with their families after receiving treatment during the past 18 months in northern Baghlan . . .

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): Some boxing athletes in western Ghor province have launched a campaign since last weeks encouraging people to quit drugs and turn to sports

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): A number of people have resumed using drugs after their rehabilitation in western Farah province, an official said on Wednesday, adding such

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): A number of residents and drug addicts in central Logar province have demanded rehabilitation facilities increased for drug addicts in the province. Officials

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): 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

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): At least 200 drug addicts were rounded up on the first day of a campaign kicked off in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday

GHAZNI (Pajhwok): Seven drug addicts have died of severe cold recently and a number of others transferred to warm places and hospitals for treatment in