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| Over 80,000 Drug Addicts Collected After Islamic Emirate Came to Power: MoI |
| 2023-02-23 |
| [ToloNews] The Ministry of Interior said that more than 80,000 drug addicts were collected from across the country after the Islamic Emirate swept into power. Speaking at a presser in Kabul on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry’s front man, Abdul Nafay Takor, said that the over 5,000 people have been arrested on charges of being involved in drug dealing. He said that more than 200 drug factories have been destroyed. "After the (Islamic Emirate took power), the drug addicts were collected. They are 82,000, of whom 26,850 have been collected from Kabul," Takor said. A front man for the Ministry of Public Health, Sharafat Zaman Amerkhail said there are a total of 60 rehabilitation centers with 10 of them dedicated to women and kiddies in the country. He said that more than 28,000 drug addicts have been treated'. "The Ministry of Public Health based on its plan and commitment over the past one and a half years in 34 provinces of the country, has activated the rehabilitation centers for drug addicts. It has a public awareness conference about addiction. It has held meetings at local levels for countering narcotics and it also released public awareness in printed pieces," Amerkhail said. "We are thankful to these people for all the services they provided. We hope they would be cooperative in the maintenance of the city," said Nematullah Barakzai, an official at the Kabul Municipality. The Interior Ministry vowed to have a plan on track to identify the lands which are being cultivated with poppy in rural areas. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Not sure that Afghanistan is the place I would want to do rehab. Do they have room for Hunter? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-02-23 12:42 |
| #2 Sorry. More heroin addicts where heroin is cheap. Nothing more complex than that. That life sucks there anyway is a cause, not a symptom. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-23 12:17 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: ACA JOE 2023-02-23 11:31 |