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‘Stoppage of medicine imports to cause crisis in Afghanistan’

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan Pharmaceutical Services Union (APSU) says imports of medicines have fallen to zero following restrictions on banks that resulted in depletion of all medicine supplies, warning of a humanitarian crisis if the problem is not solved.

After the fall of the former political system on August 15, freezing of Afghanistan assets in the US and banking restrictions, all trade activities in Afghanistan were affected.

Those who work the medicine field say that the import of medicine has been reduced to almost zero over the last three months and drug stores currently use reserved medicine previously imported by drug . . .

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