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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 2009: Saigedullah, a drug addict, sits wrapped in a blanket in Kabul's psychiatric hospital. In the capital, there is only one centre with a 4-bed capacity to help to treat drug addicts and get them through the process of coming off drugs. Addicts spend 10 days there doing so, only to fall back into the addiction cycle the moment the set foot back on the street. Afghanistan has become the key war zone for the new US administration. After years of focus on Iraq, the US government has realized how critical an issue Afghanistan really is. It is a country all too used to broken promises, used to death and used to fighting for its survival. Afghans have increasingly lost hope, and have lost faith in the promises made by the Western World. They now seem focussed on daily survival despite the hardships and social issues that they face on a constant basis. (Photo by Alvaro Ybarra Zavala/Edit by Getty Images) NOTE: SPAIN OUT