Over 300 recovered drug addicts reunite with families in S. Afghanistan

A total of 309 individuals who had been struggling with drug addiction have made a full recovery and rejoined their families in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Tuesday.The former addicts from the provincial capital Kandahar City and other districts of the province completed a comprehensive three-month medical treatment and rehabilitation program before being reintegrated into society, Bakhtar quoted Mullah Assadullah Jamshidi, provincial police spokesperson, as saying.In addition to medical care, participants received vocational training in dressmaking, motorcycle repair, and electrical appliance maintenance to facilitate their long-term recovery and economic independence, said the official.Separately, the Office...