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| 70 tons of expired medicines, food items burned in Nangarhar |
| 2016-02-22 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] 70 tons of expired medicines and food items were set on fire in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province on Saturday. Doctor Najibullah Kamawal, Public Health Director of Nangarhar told news hounds that these items were collected by a commission from different drug stores and shops in Jalalabad city. He said the commission had gathered the 50 tons of food and 20 tons of drugs in last four months based on the instructions of Governor Saleem Khan Kundozi. The Public Health Director further said that the commission would continue its efforts to block the sale and purchase of expired or low quality drugs and food in Nangarhar. Kamawal urged locals to check the expiry date of a medicine before buying it. Most of the low quality drugs are coming to Nangarhar from Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. through Torkham Border. There are factories functioning secretly in Peshawar to produce fake medicines. |
| Posted by:Fred |