bazaar

The nation’s war on drugs has largely failed, but that doesn’t mean police have to sit back as city streets become drug bazaars that flourish in plain sight day and night.

Some of them were closing down in the fading light of day, and people were still gathered behind the restaurant in an alley that serves as a drug bazaar.

The shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m., when at least one gunman opened fire on the group of tourists as they left a bazaar in the capital of the province, eyewitnesses said.

Hookah smoke hung in the bazaar like a chandelier.

“Americans were some of our best customers,” said Ali Faez, the owner of one dusty carpet shop at the bazaar.