Globe and Mail: Addiction among Afghan women has increased by 600 percent

The Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail, citing international institutions, reported that addiction among Afghan women has increased by more than 600 percent in the past decade.

Prolonged military conflicts have made women vulnerable to anxiety and depression, which are common factors for drug use.

According to the United Nations report, more than 10% of Afghanistan’s 40 million population are drug addicts, and drug treatment programs are minimal compared to the amount of addiction.

According to the latest international data, almost one million Afghan women use drugs.

A Taliban official in Kandahar told the Globe and Mail that the Taliban prefer to hide the problem of female addicts because they believe that women who use drugs bring deep shame to the Taliban’s patriarchal society.