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Afghanistan Remains a Leading Opium Producer

9th April, 2023 · admin

8am: The number of drug users inside Afghanistan also increased, leading to addiction among many young people and families. In general, the Afghan government and its international allies failed to control drugs. Additionally, despite the propaganda of banning opium cultivation, the Taliban are taking advantage of the drug trade. Therefore, it appears that Afghanistan will

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Drug Addiction, opium, Poppy cultivation, Taliban and Drugs, Taliban government failure |
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Addiction Patients Treated with Sleeping Pills in Ghazni Province: Sources

6th April, 2023 · admin

8am: According to sources, a group of 25 individuals was discharged from the addiction treatment center in Ghazni province after completing a 45-day treatment period. However, due to the lack of facilities, they were only given sleeping pills during their treatment. It should be noted that in the past, several addicts have been treated at

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Posted in Drugs, Health News | Tags: Drug Addiction, Ghazni, Taliban and Drugs, Taliban government failure |
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Afghanistan: Rounded up from the streets into Taliban drug rehab

3rd April, 2023 · admin

BBC News: When the Taliban were in power in the 1990s, they all but stamped out poppy cultivation. But the drugs trade became a major source of income for them throughout their 20-year insurgency. Now the Taliban say they have ordered an end to the poppy trade and are trying to enforce this policy. But

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Posted in Economic News, Health News, Taliban | Tags: Drug Addiction, Taliban and Drugs |
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UN supports 24 addiction treatment centers in Afghanistan

31st March, 2023 · admin

Ariana: The United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention, (UNODC) say it will support the rehabilitation program of drug addicts in Afghanistan, by covering 24 addicts’ treatment centers, state-run Bakhtar agency reported. The UNODC will provide food, heating equipment, health materials, and medicine for these centers. Currently, 3.5 million, which

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Posted in Drugs, Health News, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Drug Addiction |
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Dozens Of Bodies Discovered After Taliban Clears Kabul District Known For Drug Use

9th March, 2023 · admin

The bodies of 59 Afghans who allegedly had substance-abuse problems have been found in fresh graves in Kabul after Taliban authorities cleared out the Pul-e Sokhta district. Afghans using drugs in the area have been rounded up, many have been beaten, and others locked in prison cells.

Posted in Drugs, Health News, Taliban | Tags: Drug Addiction, Taliban and Drugs |
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Acute respiratory infections double as Afghanistan’s children face the harshest winter in a decade

21st February, 2023 · admin

UNICEF: Severe winter weather conditions, with temperatures well below freezing in most of the country, have increased the number of acute respiratory infections. More than 25,000 cases were reported in December 2022 – double the number of cases reported in December in the last three years. Children under five make up 65 to 75 per

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Posted in Afghan Children, Drugs, Health News | Tags: Drug Addiction |
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Kabul’s notorious drug ‘den’ cleared of addicts: officials

19th January, 2023 · admin

Ariana: Pul-e-Sokhta, in the west of Kabul, has for more than 20 years been the hub for drug addicts and their dealers in the city, but this week, the area was cleared by police, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) [Taliban] officials said. Khaled Zadran, Kabul Police Command spokesman, said that Pul-e- Sokhta has been completely

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Posted in Drugs, Health News | Tags: Drug Addiction, Kabul |
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Afghanistan’s Drug Trade Flourishes Under the Ruling Taliban Regime

21st December, 2022 · admin

Khaama: After taking power last August, the Taliban promised to crack down on narcotics and explicitly ban the production, processing and sale of illicit drugs. On the contrary, the drug trade in Afghanistan did not only remain untouched but boomed to a great extent. The number of drug addicts including men, women and young children

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Health News, Taliban | Tags: Drug Addiction, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban and Drugs, Taliban government failure |
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Afghanistan: ‘I drug my hungry children to help them sleep’

24th November, 2022 · admin

BBC: Afghans are giving their hungry children medicines to sedate them – others have sold their daughters and organs to survive. In the second winter since the Taliban took over and foreign funds were frozen, millions are a step away from famine. “Our children keep crying, and they don’t sleep. We have no food,” Abdul

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Posted in Afghan Children, Drugs, Economic News, Health News | Tags: Drug Addiction |
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Afghan Rehab Centers Failing Drug Addicts After Taliban Takeover

12th November, 2022 · admin

The director of a 1,000-bed rehabilitation center for drug addicts in Kabul says they don’t have enough basic food, medicine, and clothes for patients. Many rehabilitation centers have closed or are struggling to remain open since international charities cut or reduced funding after the Taliban returned to power in August 2021.

Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Health News, Taliban | Tags: Drug Addiction, Taliban government failure |
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