Mursalin Arsala is a correspondent for Radio Azadi.
A growing number of Afghans are using illicit drugs to treat common illnesses. It comes amid a health-care crisis that has led to a shortage of medicine and health facilities.
The Taliban has banned women from visiting one of Afghanistan's most popular national parks, in the latest attempt to shut out women from public life. The ban has prompted widespread anger, with one Afghan woman telling RFE/RL's Radio Azadi that it was "illogical and inhumane."
The Taliban has banned the cultivation and trafficking of opium. But Afghan farmers say the militant group is turning a blind eye to the drug trade.
