KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Construction work was launched on Thursday on a healthcare center in the capital of southern Kandahar province, local officials said.
The hospital is funded by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Kandahar public health director, Hafiz Abdulhai Abbas, provincial economy director, Gul Ahmad and UNHCR representative Haji Timor Shah as well as local influential figures were present at the work launch ceremony of the hospital.
Public health director, Hafiz Abdulhai Abbas told Pajhwok Afghan News that the healthcare center was being built based on the request of local people.
He said that the facility in . . .









