| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
Afghanistan. Inside one of Kabul’s largest drug rehabilitation centres (Video)
Afghanistan. Inside one of Kabul’s largest drug rehabilitation centres (Video)
Afghanistan has one of the world’s highest drug addiction rates. According to the Taliban, there are an estimated four million drug addicts across the country. Babrak, a former mujahideen fighter, used to be one of them. Now, he is committed to supporting addicts to detox in one of the capital’s under-resourced drug rehabilitation hospitals. Since the Taliban took power in 2021, international aid has been withdrawn and public services are on the brink of collapse. Babrak and a handful of medical staff struggle to offer a line of hope as the Taliban's anti-drug policies are put into action. (Al Jazeera, Katar, 21.06.2023, Video, 39:24)