Two doctors have been kidnapped by suspected militants in northwestern Badghis province, authorities said on Thursday. Working for the Public Health Department, the doctors were kidnapped on their way to a clinic in Qadis district, a state from…
Hundreds of doctors and health officials on Saturday boycotted duty and threatened widespread protests if their security was not ensured following the kidnapping of a doctor’s son in northern Kunduz province. The protesting doctors and health officials…
KABUL member. The protestors numbering around 100 warned they would continue their strike until those who beat the two doctors were arrested. Dr. Faisal, one of the striking doctors, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place two…
Two doctors were killed by robbers in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, while an accident in central Daikundi province left one person dead and another injured, officials said on Wednesday. Helmand police crime branch chief, Shakoor…
Doctors at the civil hospital in southeastern Paktia province have been on strike for the last three consecutive days against non-payment of their salaries over the past five months. The strike has left patients unattended. One of the…
The current insecurity situation and recent airstrikes on a Doctors with Borders hospital have left doctors and health workers with no option but to leave northern Kunduz province. He and some of his friends left Kunduz as the…
