A Treatment of Drug Addicts In Afghanistan

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3 June 2013 16:14 WIB

Nabiullah Safi, 23, a drug addict, is chained to a wall during his 40-day incarceration at the Mia Ali Baba shrine in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Saturday (1/6). AP/Rahmat Gul

3 Juni 2013 00:00 WIB

An Afghan shrine keeper is helping to cover the body of Mohammad Ali, 36, a drug addict, during his 40-day incarceration at the Mia Ali Baba shrine in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Saturday (1/6). AP/Rahmat Gul

3 Juni 2013 00:00 WIB

Nabiullah Safi, 23, a drug addict, is chained to a wall during his 40-day incarceration at the Mia Ali Baba shrine in Jalalabad on Saturday. It is believed locally that 40 days in chains at the 300-year old shrine can cure the drug addicts. AP

3 Juni 2013 00:00 WIB

Mohammad Ali, 36, a drug addict, is chained to a wall during his 40-day incarceration at the Mia Ali Baba shrine in Jalalabad on Saturday. It is believed locally that 40 days in chains at the 300-year old shrine can cure the drug addicts. AP/Rahmat

3 Juni 2013 00:00 WIB

An Afghan shrine keeper cuts the lock of a chain attached to Nabiullah Safi, 23, an incarcerated drug addict, at the Mia Ali Baba shrine in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Saturday. AP/Rahmat Gul

3 Juni 2013 00:00 WIB

Shrines such as Mia Ali Baba are frowned upon by health care professionals and other critics who say they are ineffective and that those who run them prey on vulnerable people's religious beliefs and superstitions to make a profit. AP/Rahmat Gul

3 Juni 2013 00:00 WIB