Since the coronavirus pandemic began, police have targeted areas where drug users gather in effort to clear Afghanistan’s streets of people like Mohammed Reza.
A Day In the Life of an Afghanistan Drug Addict

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A man smoking methamphetamine on the bridge in the Pul-e-Sukhta area in Kabul sitting with other drug users. (Maciej Stanik/VOA)

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Drug users in Afghanistan often cover their heads with scarfs to better inhale the fumes. (Maciej Stanik/VOA)

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Drug users at a riverbank in Kabul. (Maciej Stanik/VOA)

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Mohammed Reza, a homeless drug user, smoking methamphetamine under the bridge in Pul-e-Sukhta area in Kabul. (Maciej Stanik/VOA)