The Ministry of Public Health has stated that the removal of slogans from the ministry’s walls is part of a renovation process that began in the month of Hoot (February 19–March 20).

The slogans were on walls nearby the gate leading to a compound formerly serving as US embassy.

Sharafat Zaman Amarkhil, spokesperson for the ministry, said that after the completion of renovation work, the slogans will be rewritten in coordination with the Ministry of Information and Culture.

These slogans, written on the walls of the Ministry of Public Health, referred to the Islamic Emirate’s victory over NATO, especially the United States.

The removal of the Islamic Emirate’s slogans from the ministry’s walls coinciding with the visit of an American delegation to Kabul has attracted media attention.

The spokesperson said: “The American delegation arrived in Kabul the day before, but this work started in early Hoot and has no connection to their visit. Our goal was to renovate the ministry’s interior and external walls, which had lost their color due to winter rains.”

Images recorded by TOLOnews in the solar month of Qaws (November 21–December 20) of the reopening of the connecting road between the Public Health intersection and Ariana intersection show that the wall of the US Embassy, which had the Kalima Tawheed written on it, was removed for road reopening. That entrance has now been redesigned and reopened.

“It has been about four months since the gate was connected. It was a good move that it reopened, and painting has been ongoing for a month,” said Ehsan, a Kabul resident.

Slogan writing and renaming of roads and intersections in crowded parts of the capital and provinces have been common practices during different governments.

During the Republic era, slogans on the walls of the Ministry of Public Health promoted vaccination and the ministry’s activities.