Laila Haidri, 40, has been running Mother Camp, her drug shelter in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul for the past 10 years, helping more than 5,000 people tackle addiction. (Stefanie Glinski )
The men sat on the floor cross-legged, dressed in red suits like prisoners, held captive by addiction. Their heads were shaved, their bodies frail. One of them was Ali, , who traded a life sentence in prison and his American passport for freedom in Afghanistan, a country he hadn’t lived in since birth.
Ali, 38, chose to be deported from the US after being found guilt for drug smuggling as an MS-13 member. (Stefanie Glinski)Drug addicts sit in their dormitory in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the shelter run by Laila Haidri.Drug addicts sit in their dormitory in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the shelter run by Laila Haidri.Laila Haidri, 40, has been running Mother Camp, her drug shelter in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul for the past ten years, helping over 5,000 people tackle addiction. (Stefanie Glinski)