Kabul, June 30 -- At least two recent cases of suicide in Nangarhar and Kandahar provinces have brought renewed focus on growing mental health issues among Afghan youth, with drug addiction, domestic violence, and unemployment cited as leading causes, TOLO News reported.

One of the victims, Abdul Haq, a resident of Chaparhar district in Nangarhar, hanged himself at home, leaving behind two orphaned children. Family members told TOLO News that he struggled with mental illness and drug addiction and had been hospitalised several times.

"He was addicted to drugs. When I realised it, he had already left home twice, but I brought him back," said his father, Noorurrahman. "I brought him back a third time as well and took him to the hospital, ...