UNODC Office, Kabul

The 2015 Afghanistan National Drug Use Survey (ANDUS)1 indicated that 11% of the country population (2.9 to 3.5 million people) were tested positive for narcotic drugs.  Furthermore, around 690,000 ‐ 850,000 females used drugs in Afghanistan. Sub-programme 3 of UNODC country Programme for Afghanistan aims at addressing drug use, drug use disorders and related HIV/AIDS and other co- morbidities as part of the humanitarian response in Afghanistan, with a special focus on vulnerable groups such as children, adolescents, female drug users and populations in closed settings.