laila often lends a hand. she is 42 years old, and an unusually strong-willed, independent woman in this deeply conservative country. laila owns a restaurant not far from the city center. it's popular with kabul's upper middle class. the money she earns here pays for the drug addicts' rehabilitation program. a place to stay, meals, a few medical tests -- laila's therapy program does have lilimit. laila: i h have not forced anyf you to come here, you are all here of your own free will. i don't care if you speak pashto or dari, or to whom you pray. you can stay for one month. after five days, you will begin to do some light exercise. then you will be given a few tasks. reporter: for seven years, laila has been trying to help men like these get off drugs, without any medication. she tells them to drink as much water as possible, and that should be enough. mahdi: i have prayayed to allaa thsandnd times to shshow me te pathth away from drugs, to givee another chance. peperhaps it wilill happen to. reporter: ali pal

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(chuckles) - [voiceover] and laila ali. - i don't really remember. mean, i don't remember at what age i realized that my father was the most famous man in the world. - shaq. - what's up, b, how you doing? - i'm doing great, how's it going? - i'm good, just chillin'. - [byron] what first drew you to the game of basketball? - what first drew me to the game of basketball was that my father taught me how to play each and every sport. football, baseball, basketball, but the thing that drew me to basketball the most was one day i'd seen dr. j, with his afro, fly to the hoop and slam it. ever since that day, i said to myself i wanted to be like dr. j. as i got older, my father encouraged me not to be like somebody else, but to be yourself. be better than your favorite person, and that's what i try to teach children. don't be like me, don't be like allen iverson, be better than us. - [byron] how has your mother influenced you? - my mother is very cool, calm and collected. that's where i get my cool and calmness from. my father is very, very ferocious, and th

laila: buenos dÍas a ambos y cÓmo amanecieron?plosiva. es una de esas canciones raras que conectan con todo el mundo en todos los niveles. o sea sÍ " despacito" ya pasÓ a la historia pero no los grammy desafortunadamente. carlos: renÉ pérez dijo que no importaba los nÚmeros cuando era la mÚsica lo que daba valor a los premios. tÚ en una palabra si tuvieras que decirlo, por que no ganÓ despacito? leila: en una palabra? yo se lo que tÚ quieres que yo diga. [risas] leila: no voy a decir discriminaciÓn pero voy a decir que estÁn cerrados. karla: habla mucho de la sociedad en la que todavÍa vivimos. muchÍsimas gracias, leila, por acompaÑarnos en esta maÑana. te mandamos un fuerte abrazo y esperamos con ansias la columna para ver todo lo que tienes que comentar al respecto. carlos: usted siga tocando despacito. karla: hicimos historia y esto es importante. carlos: acaba de salir la versiÓn en mandarÍn. vamos con francisca y las redes sociales. francisca: aunque no se llevaron el galardÓn, no podemos negar que tenemos el corazÓn lleno de

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