Taliban subject drug addicts to brutal rehab, fierce beatings and forced labour

By Matin Mehrab and Azada  Massoud* was a relapsed drug addict, who would spend his days picking through trash for soda bottles, cans and plastic which he could sell to buy heroin, when the Taliban forced him into rehab. The 35-year-old was rounded up with five other addicts in downtown Herat as part of the … Continue reading Taliban subject drug addicts to brutal rehab, fierce beatings and forced labour