The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was marked in an area home to drug addicts in northern Balkh province on Wednesday. The Balkh counter-narcotics department arranged a photo exhibition in connection with the day in…
KABUL (MoPH) on Tuesday expressed grave concern at the rising number of drug addicts in the country, saying only one of 10 junkies could be rehabilitated due to limited resources. Meshrano Jirga or upper house, members on Tuesday summoned counter-narcotics…
The residents of Janikhel district in southeastern Paktika province say the number of drug addicts has recently surged in the town and they include police and women as well. Hasti Gul, a resident, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Hundreds of drug addicts were collected from various areas in Kabul and handed them over to a treatment center on Monday, an official said. Nasir Sharifi, an official at the Ministry of Counternarcotics, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
A number residents of southwestern Nimroz province are complaining about growing population of drug addicts and increasing robberies, but officials dispute their claims. Hajji Ahmad, who owns a mobile phone shop in Zaranj City, expressed serious concern about…
Officials in southwestern Nimroz province say the population of drug addicts has jumped from 11,000 to 13,000 in a span of one year in the province—with most of them returning from neighboring countries. Figures obtained by Pajhwok Afghan…
Local officials in southwestern Nimroz province say nearly 4,000 drug addicts spend their time in cemeteries and on roadsides in a miserable condition in the provincial capital, Zaranj. Mohammad Ali Ghamai, the counternarcotics department head, told a seminar…
The number of drug addicts in eastern Nangarhar province has increased by 60 percent in the past six years, the counter-narcotics department said on Tuesday. The department linked growing addiction to poverty, insecurity, easy access to drugs, migration and…
Local officials in northeastern Badakhshan province have expressed concern at increasing poppy crop cultivation in the province, saying 80 percent rehabilitated drug addicts have returned to the habit due to unemployment. Dr. Gul Mohammad Baidar, acting deputy governor,…
The Nangarhar counter-narcotics department on Wednesday said the number of drug addicts has increased in the eastern province due to easy access to drugs, unemployment and improper treatment of the addicted people. Idrees Sapi, the department head, told…
An uprising commander in the Balcheragh district of northwestern Faryab province has picked dozens of drug addicts from streets for rehabilitation at his personal expense. Residents of the district welcomed the action of Commander Ghafoor, acknowledging a decline…
The increasing population of drug addicts has negatively affected the social life in northern Balkh province. The office on drug addicts puts the number of individuals addicted to drugs at more than 200,000 and blames the government for…
The number of drug addicts including women is on the rise in southern Paktika province, an official said. Sher Ahmad Faizi, head of the Unity Council for Argon district, voiced grave concern at the increasing population of addicts…
A former drug addict has established a treatment centre for drug addicts in the capital of southern Helmand province, the world’s leading opium producing region. Abdul Rahim, who himself used drugs for 10 years, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A drug addict died of harsh weather conditions on Thursday night in Maimana, the provincial capital of northern Faryab province, an official said on Friday. The dead body was recovered from beneath a bridge and shifted to the…
Drug addicts in Shiberghan city, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, have stolen dozens of historic and important books from the public library for finding money to purchase drugs, an official said on Monday. “Tens of drug addicts…
KABUL was told on Tuesday. Counternarcotics Minister Salamat Azimi and Deputy Public Health Minister Najia Tariq testified before the Senate after being summoned to provide information to lawmakers about the increasing number of drug addicts and poppy cultivation in the…
Civil society groups campaigning against drug abuse on Tuesday said the population of drug addicts had reached above 200,000 individuals in northern Balkh province. They said if the government did not take practical steps to prevent the unprecedented…
Security officials say drug addicts from various northern provinces have arrived in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, somehow disturbing social life in the city. Balkh police chief Brig. Gen. Syed Kamal Sadat told a press conference…
