A number of drug sellers in Kabul are complaining about shortages of medicines and rising prices.
These drug sellers, speaking on Wednesday, January 14, to the Hasht-e Subh Daily, confirmed that a large portion of their medicines has become scarce.
One of the drug sellers said, “Several medicines, especially cardiac drugs, have either become completely unavailable or their supply is extremely limited.”
According to him, most medicines were previously imported from Pakistan, but imports have now been halted, leaving the market at a standstill.
Meanwhile, a resident of Kabul said that he spent days visiting pharmacies to find heart medication for his mother, but even at Hotel Parwan, he was only able to find it with great difficulty.
As political tensions between the Taliban and Islamabad have intensified, the Taliban have instructed traders to settle all commercial accounts with Pakistani counterparts within three months and to halt the import of medicines.
This comes as reports indicate that more than 70 percent of medicines in Afghanistan were imported from Pakistan, and with the suspension of imports, prices have risen, and shortages of some vital medicines have raised concerns among the people of Afghanistan.
You can read the Persian version of this news here:
کمبود دارو در کابل؛ توقف واردات از پاکستان قیمتها را بالا برده است
