<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a> (Pajhwok): Twenty-one Afghan children with congenital heart diseases have been provided free medical treatment in China, a news report says.</p>
<p>According to Xinhua, the Chinese Red Cross Foundation (CRCF) conducted congenital heart disease screenings in <a href="/en/afghanistan" class="glossify-link">Afghanistan</a> in August.</p>
<p>Based on the screenings, 21 children were flown to Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, for medical treatment.</p>
<p>Doctors from hospitals in Shanghai, Beijing and Xinjiang performed surgeries on the children. Seventeen of them have already returned to Afghanistan.</p>
<p>CRCF said the remaining four children, having undergone operations, were likely to leave hospital in a week.</p>
<p>Under a Belt and Road humanitarian aid plan of the CRCF, more Afghan children would get free treatment in China.</p>
<p><a href="/en/pan" class="glossify-link">PAN</a> Monitor/mud</p>
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