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Children play in front of the cells at Mia Ali Saeb Shrine in Samar Khel, Afghanistan, where mentally ill patients are kept. Patients, usually brought here by family members, are only given daily rations of bread, black pepper and water, and are kept in their cells for 40 days. With mental illness widely misunderstood, many Afghans believe God will cure the patients with such treatment..
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Afghanistan - Drug and Mental
Children play in front of the cells at Mia Ali Saeb Shrine in Samar Khel, Afghanistan, where mentally ill patients are kept. Patients, usually brought here by family members, are only given daily rations of bread, black pepper and water, and are kept in their cells for 40 days. With mental illness widely misunderstood, many Afghans believe God will cure the patients with such treatment..