The Taliban’s national procurement commission, chaired by Abdul Ghani Baradar, the group’s deputy prime minister for economic affairs, has approved the construction of a hospital in Helmand province at a cost of AFN 214 million.
The Office of the Taliban Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs said in a statement today (Sunday, September 8) that the hospital will be built on a 12,000-square-metre site and will have a capacity of 200 beds.
According to the statement, construction of the hospital is expected to be completed within approximately two years. The facility will include emergency, outpatient, orthopedic, ophthalmology, neurology, pediatric, and obstetrics and gynecology departments.
The Office of the Taliban Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs did not specify how the funds for the construction of the hospital would be financed.
In the past, the group has allocated revenues generated from mining operations in provinces such as Bamyan and Panjshir to development and construction projects in other provinces, including southern provinces.
In addition, the Taliban previously transferred medical equipment and facilities from a hospital in western Kabul to the eastern part of the capital. The move drew widespread criticism and was described as depriving a segment of Afghanistan’s population of access to healthcare services and facilities.
Writer:Salima Aryaei
