A Day In the Life of an Afghanistan Drug Addict

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

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

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

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

Drug users sitting next to a tent under the bridge in Pul-e-Sukhta area - the only home some of them have. (Maciej Stanik/VOA)

Men smoking drugs under the bridge in Pul e Sukhta. (Maciej Stanik/VOA)

Each day under the bridge in Pul e Sukhta dozens of men gather to take drugs. Many of them are homeless. (Maciej Stanik/VOA)

Even during the day, it is often dark under the bridge in Pul-e-Sukhta. A man with a head torch prepares his drugs. (Maciej Stanik/VOA)

A man resting under the bridge in Pul-e-Sukhta among a large group of other drug users. (Maciej Stanik/VOA)

A man smoking drugs under the bridge in Pul-e-Sukhta. (Maciej Stanik/VOA)