UN Sanctions Create Health Problems in Afghanistan: TalibanThe ruling Taliban militia has said that the United Nations sanctions including air embargo on Afghanistan have created a lot of problems to the Afghans in health sector.Director General of Taliban's Health Ministry Abdul Hakimi told international media in Kabul that these curbs are creating hurdles in the treatment of different diseases, according to reports reaching here Sunday. Afghanistan, he said, has to approach foreign countries with regard to diagnosing epidemic diseases. But this too requires special conditions and could be done through aircraft service. "We have fought out the diseases within the framework of available resources but the curbs on Ariana Afghan Airline has deprived the patients suffering from serious diseases of the chance to be taken abroad for treatment," he added. He said that the doctors are also not being allowed to go abroad and do research work in health sector. Hakimi said, tuberculosis has registered increase in the recent years. Approximately 10 to 15 percent of the people in Afghanistan are suffering from TB. Malaria has also assumed an alarming proportion. It is feared that the disease may spread to other countries in the region, he added. |
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