Sunday, 29 September 2013

Another tragic legacy

A tragic legacy of Afghanistan’s war - Daily News Egypt
The extent of health problems in children as a result of such exposure is not known. What is known is that the number of drug users in the country has increased from 920,000 in 2005 to over 1.5 million in recent years, according to Zalmai Afzali, the spokesman for the Ministry of Counter-Narcotics (MCN) in Afghanistan. A quarter of those users are thought to be women and children. Afzali stated that Afghanistan could become the world’s top drug-using nation per capita if current trends continue.


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