Afghanistan: Afghanistan turns disused NATO camp into drug treatment base

Source: Reuters - Sat, 9 Jan 2016 08:44 GMT

• Hundreds of homeless addicts offered treatment in new centre

• Afghanistan estimated to have as many as 2.4 mln drug users

• Addicts sceptical at latest bid to get drug users off streets

By Mirwais Harooni

KABUL, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Afghan officials have opened a new drug treatment centre in an abandoned NATO military base in Kabul, in the latest attempt to stamp out the country's massive problem of drug abuse.

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