Drug addicts rounded up by the Taliban brace for 45 days of painful and anxiety-ridden withdrawal at the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul.
Taliban Rounds Up Kabul Drug Addicts For Forced Treatment
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Drug users run from Taliban members who are trying to detain and transfer them to the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul on October 16.
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A member of the Taliban checks on a drug addict under a bridge where hundreds of users gather in Kabul on October 16.
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A patient stands on the stairs at the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul on October 16.
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A new patient tries to convince an officer to let him leave as his family members watch through a window at the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul on October 16.
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Drug users waiting to register at the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul on October 16.
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Drug users gather under a Kabul bridge on October 9.
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Patients wait to take showers in the detoxification ward of the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul.
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A patient sits on a bed after arriving at a dormitory of the detoxification ward of the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul on October 10.
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A Taliban member detains a man under a bridge where hundreds of drug users people gather in Kabul on October 16.
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A patient has his head shaved in the detoxification ward of the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul on October 16.
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A patient has his head shaved in the detoxification ward of the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul on October 16.
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A patient plays a flute in a dormitory of the detoxification ward of the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul on October 16.
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Men gather around bags of heroin and hashish as they negotiate at a drugs market on the outskirts of Kandahar on September 24.
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A member of the Taliban stands guard next to a bridge that is a popular gathering spot for drug users in Kabul on October 9.
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Staff from Kabul's Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment try to convince a man to enter a detoxification program on October 16.