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Pakistan Drugs
Julia Rooke accompanies former heroin dealer, Urfan Azad, on a journey back to the remote mountain madrassa in Pakistan where he received drugs rehabilitation.
Julia Rooke accompanies former heroin dealer, Urfan Azad, on a journey back to the remote mountain madrassa in north west Pakistan where he received drugs rehabilitation and spiritual healing. But during their journey Urfan reveals how young recovering addicts and criminals were given military training and that some went on to fight in Afghanistan.
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