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epa09600595 An Afghan drug addict smokes heroine underneath a bridge in Kabul, Afghanistan, 24 November 2021. Afghan Taliban have recently taken around 3000 drug addicts from different parts of the capital to the hospitals where they will get treatment as part of a drive by the Taliban to find ways for the betterment of the lives of thousands of addicts as winter approaches. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), around one million Afghans (age 15-64) suffer from drug addiction. EPA/STRINGER