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14pc of Bamyan population slips into addiction: official

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BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): Top counternarcotics official in central Bamyan province says almost 14 per cent of the province’s residents including hundreds of children are addicted to drugs.

Hussain Agha Nazari, counternarcotics director for Bamyan province, says though the province is poppy-free, yet the main highway remains ‘a safe way’ to transport drugs.

He said most of the drug users existed in Waras district where even women and children have been peddling drugs.

“Most of the families in Shewqal area of Waras district are . . .

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