A pharmaceutical factory in Kabul was inaugurated yesterday (Thursday, July 26) with an investment of over $20 million dollars.

The manager of this factory pledged that they would operate based on the standards of the World Health Organization.

Hejazul Haq Mujahid, the manager of a pharmaceutical company, said: "This factory has been built according to the standards of the World Health Organization."

Meanwhile, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, deputy prime minister for economic affairs, said during the inauguration ceremony that the establishment of factories for drug production plays an important role in reducing drug imports from other countries.

Baradar said: "I ask all investors and businessmen to invest in their own country. By doing this, they will start their legitimate business on the one hand and help improve the country's economic situation on the other."

Din Mohammad Hanif, the acting minister of the Economy, said: "Manufacturers who produce and traders who import goods should not produce low-quality goods and traders should not import low-quality goods."

Noor jalal Jalali, the acting Minister of Public Health, said that no fundamental work has been done in the health sector in the last twenty years.

Jalali asked traders to prevent the import and smuggling of low-quality drugs into the country.

The acting Minister of Public Health said: "Brothers who import low-quality drugs through smuggling should not oppress the nation."

According to the information from the Directorate of Medicine and Food of the Ministry of Public Health, there are currently about 77 pharmaceutical factories active in the country.