KABUL: Anti-narcotics police forces have thwarted an attempt to smuggle about 1,000 kilograms of illegal drugs and goods used to make heroin in western Afghanistan’s Nimroz province, said Abdul Wasi Raihan, provincial director of the anti-narcotics police. said on Saturday. Officials confirmed no arrests had been made, without providing further details.
In a similar operation, police arrested a drug smuggler in Khan district, Nimroz province on Wednesday and found 66 kilograms of opium poppies in his possession, according to district police chief Mawrawi Ahmad Saeed.
Afghanistan’s interim government has banned poppy cultivation, drug processing and drug trafficking, and has vowed to fight the threat until the former poppy-growing country becomes drug-free. Afghanistan, a country deeply affected by decades of war and civil war, is reportedly home to more than 3 million drug addicts.
To overcome this challenge, Afghanistan’s interim government, which has banned poppy cultivation and drug trafficking, is working to eradicate drug production and drug addiction. According to Xinhua News Agency, a total of 550 rehabilitated drug addicts are currently being trained to become skilled workers at Agosh Camp, a vocational center in the Pur-e-Charki district on Kabul’s eastern edge.
“I have been living in the Aghosh camp for five months. I am healthy and working on a shoe-making project,” said the recovering addict, who is learning shoe-making techniques in order to open a shop in the future. Faridullah said. .
The former drug addict expressed his hatred for heroin and all kinds of illegal drugs, saying that drug use destroys a person’s personality and excludes him from society. “Drug use destroys lives and property. Drugs destroy honor and credibility both at home and in society,” he said. “My future goal is to get out of here and open a shoe-making shop to support myself and my family.”
He also had a message for drug addicts: “I encourage drug addicts to quit illegal drugs and attend rehabilitation centres, where they can learn skills and receive the tools they need to support themselves.” said.
Said Yasar Sadat, 22, a former university student, was studying electromechanics at the camp with the dream of becoming an electrician. He planned to open a shop to repair electronics after completing a four-month training course and obtaining his certificate.
“Each course is four months long and we have graduated 1,600 people in the past year and a half,” said camp director Ezzatullah Rahmat. “After three months of treatment, recovering addicts are transferred to this camp, and currently 550 recoveries are being trained to become skilled workers.”
