Afghanistan’s growing number of child drug addicts
By Joris Fioriti
They play badminton, kick a ball around and huddle over computer games just like normal children.
They play badminton, kick a ball around and huddle over computer games just like normal children.
Not so long ago Fakira roamed the mean streets of the Afghan capital, hawking magazines for 13 U.S. cents apiece to support her poverty-stricken family. Next month, the 15-year-old cellist appears in America’s most prestigious concert halls, performing alongside other former street children and orphans of Afghanistan’s decades of violence.
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