New $20M Pharmaceutical Plant Opens in Kabul

On July 26, a new pharmaceutical facility worth more than $20 million was opened in Kabul, Afghanistan. The plant manager, Hejazul Haq Mujahid, attested to the facility's conformance with World Health Organisation (WHO) regulations. "This factory has been built according to the standards of the World Health Organisation," said Mujahid.

The Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, highlighted the contribution of domestic manufacturing to the decrease in medicine imports. "I urge all merchants and investors to make investments within their own nation. At the inauguration, Baradar stated, "By doing this, they will start their legitimate business on the one hand and help improve the country's economic situation on the other."

The Acting Minister of the Economy, Din Mohammad Hanif, emphasised the significance of quality in both imports and output. "Manufacturers who produce and traders who import goods should not produce low-quality goods, and traders should not import low-quality goods," he said.

Acting Minister of Public Health Noor Jalal Jalali brought attention to problems facing the health sector, pointing out that not much has changed in the last 20 years. With the words, "Brothers who import low-quality drugs through smuggling should not oppress the nation," he asked businessmen to stop inferior narcotics from entering the market.

According to the Ministry of Public Health's Directorate of Medicine and Food, Afghanistan is home to around 77 pharmaceutical manufacturers at the moment.