IN PICS | Taliban's War On Drugs: Hundreds Of Addicts Rounded Up In Kabul For 45-Day Detox

Taliban fighters turned police scour the capital’s bridges for drug addicts who run as Taliban members try to detain & transfer them to the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul. (Image Source: AFP)

Hundreds of homeless men addicted to heroin and methamphetamines are rounded up, beaten and forcibly taken to treatment centers. (Image Source: AFP)

The Taliban Health Ministry had issued an order to such facilities to stating their intention to strictly control this problem. In this photo, a drug addict (R) is getting his head shaved at a detoxification ward of the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul. (Image Source: AFP)

Taliban uses some heavy handed methods which has to be welcomed by some medical workers as they have no choice but to adapt to the Taliban rules. These drug addicts are waiting to take a shower at a detoxification ward of the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment. (Image Source: AFP)

Drug use is against their interpretation of Islamic doctrine. Addicts are also stigmatized by the wider, largely conservative Afghan community. (Image Source: AFP)

The drug addiction problem stems from the country itself as Afghnistan's vast poppy fields is the source for most of the world's heroin and it has also become a significant producer of meth. (Image Source: AFP)