With shaved heads, oversized tunics and the frightened gaze of hunted animals, drug addicts rounded up by the Taliban brace for 45 days of painful and anxiety-ridden withdrawal.
PHOTO PACKAGE: Taliban Round Up, Forcefully 'Treat' Kabul Drug Addicts
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This picture taken on October 16, 2021 shows drug addicts running as Taliban members try to detain them during a raid to transfer them to the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul.
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This picture taken on October 16, 2021 shows a Taliban member checking on a drug addicted as he lays under a bridge where hundreds of addicted people gather in Kabul.
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This picture taken on October 16, 2021 shows a drug addict standing on stairs at the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul.
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This picture taken on October 10, 2021 shows a newly arrived drug addict trying to convince an officer to leave the hospital as his relative members watch him from outside the window at the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul.