Taliban Rounds Up Kabul Drug Addicts For Forced Treatment
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.
A member of the Taliban checks on a drug addict under a bridge where hundreds of users gather in Kabul on October 16.
A patient stands on the stairs at the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul on October 16.
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.
Drug users waiting to register at the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul on October 16.
Drug users gather under a Kabul bridge on October 9.
Patients wait to take showers in the detoxification ward of the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul.
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.
A Taliban member detains a man under a bridge where hundreds of drug users people gather in Kabul on October 16.
A patient has his head shaved in the detoxification ward of the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul on October 16.
A patient has his head shaved in the detoxification ward of the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul on October 16.
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.
Men gather around bags of heroin and hashish as they negotiate at a drugs market on the outskirts of Kandahar on September 24.
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.
Staff from Kabul's Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment try to convince a man to enter a detoxification program on October 16.