Taliban's Forced Drug Rehab in Afghanistan

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Taliban's Forced Drug Rehab in Afghanistan
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The Taliban have been rounding up hundreds of drug addicts from the streets of Kabul and taking them to a former US military base turned makeshift rehabilitation centre. Afghanistan is the drug addiction capital of the world, with an estimated 3.5 million people addicted. The Taliban's aggressive campaign to remove addicts from the streets has resulted in the clearing of the notorious Pul-e-Sukhta bridge, where hundreds of mainly heroin users gathered in squalid conditions. The rehabilitation hospital where the addicts are taken has 1,000 beds and currently 3,000 patients, with conditions being squalid. Despite the overcrowding and lack of resources, the doctors remain committed to doing everything they can to help these addicts.

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