KABUL, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities have constructed and opened a 30-bed hospital in Gardez city, the provincial capital of the eastern Paktia province, on Thursday, the local media Tolonews reported on Friday.
Constructed at a cost of 375,000 U.S. dollars, the health center will provide health services to the local people in the war-ravaged Paktia province, the report said.
In a similar initiative, a 20-bed rehabilitation center was opened for drug-addicted women and children in the northern Baghlan province on Thursday.
Afghanistan's health sector has been affected after the United States announced halting humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. The ministry has called upon the international community to continue helping the Afghans in the health sector. ■
