AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. December 3, 2021. Drug users rounded up by the Taliban are forcibly undergoing detoxification at a rehabilitation facility located on the dilapidated grounds of the former US military Camp Phoenix in Kabul. The facility, known as Avicena Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment, has been overwhelmed by the lack of resources and the sudden increase in the number of patients since the Taliban took over the Afghan capital.
Without access to proper food and medical attention, emaciated men spend their time lying on beds in large dormitories, or crouched out in the yard of the former US army camp. According to staff at the facility, hungry patients have resorted to eating stray cats and weeds growing on the grounds of the center, and men are regularly found dead due to disease and exposure to the elements.