Redeeming Afghan Addicts
Destitute drug addicts live beneath a bridge in western Kabul. Social stigma against drug use is great. Disowned or otherwise disconnected from their families, they lose access to the primary network of help available to the poor in this developing country. They are, definitively, unredeemable, and yet one woman, Laila Haidari, seeks to redeem them. Footage from under the Puhl-e-Sokhta Bridge in Kabul as well as “Camp Mother”, the rehabilitation centre that is a part of Narcotics Anonymous. Interviews with addicts and Laila Haidari. Teaser: Destitute drug addicts live beneath a bridge in western Kabul. Their stories and ethnic backgrounds are diverse, but they are all social rejects. Yet because of one woman, Laila Haidari, some make it out.