At home with Afghanistan’s ‘King of the North’

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A recovering drug addict and her four-month old baby, also addicted to opium, are seen in a drug treatment clinic in Mazar-e Sharif. A recovering drug addict and her four-month-old baby, also addicted to opium, in a drug treatment clinic in Mazar-e Sharif. The woman had suffered heavy bleeding after giving birth and her mother-in-law insisted she take heroin to manage the pain and treat the problem. As her baby was crying a lot, the mother was told to give it opium too.

Thu Jan 30 2014 - 01:00

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