Kabul – Pakistan in continuation of its humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, this time cooperating medical assistance to the Afghan citizens, Pakistani Dawn newspaper has reported.
“Pakistan has started providing free medicine to Afghanistan in order to strengthen its aid to Afghanistan, which is facing serious medical and health challenges,” the newspaper said on Sunday, December 5, quoting Pakistani industrial sources.
According to Dawn’s report, the first shipment of medicine worth 25 million Pakistani rupees was sent from Karachi to treat viral diseases, ordinary medicine for common diseases among the elderly, and storage of emergency supplies,
In addition to medication, these aids include wheelchairs and medical supplies.
In a week or so, another cargo of this kind worth 100 million Pakistani rupees is scheduled to be shipped, the newspaper added.
Meanwhile, the aid comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) has previously warned that Afghanistan’s healthcare system is on the verge of collapse
However, the Taliban have not yet confirmed or denied the news.
