Takashi Okada said that, Japan strives to increase its aid in Afghanistan, in the sectors of people’s livelihood, alternative cultivation of poppy, treatment of drug addicts and other sectors.

The drug addicts were under treatment for 45 days in the treatment centers in Baghlan.

The leadership of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) released almost 285 detainees from the central prison of Kandahar province.

Coinciding with World No Tobacco Day, Balkh security officials say efforts are underway to provide shelter and treatment for poppy fields in the province. Meanwhile, the number of drug addicts in Mazar-e-Sharif has decreased; but there is no budget for their treatment.

Nine drug addicts were shot to death in an overnight shooting in a non-residential area in western side of Kabul, Afghanistan, the capital police said Sunday.

Officials from Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Counter Narcotics and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on Sunday held their annual coordination meeting on decreasing drug demands in the country.