The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) reported that there are 14,000 children suffering from congenital heart defects in the country.

Officials from this organization, in their presentation of their annual performance report, said that out of this number, seven thousand children have complex heart conditions that cannot be treated in domestic hospitals.

According to the officials, another seven thousand children with congenital heart defects are currently receiving treatment in eleven domestic hospitals, based on a waiting list.

Abdul Latif Sabet,  Abdul Latif Sabit, an official of the Afghanistan ARCS, said: "14,000 children with congenital heart defects have been registered with this ministry, of which 7,000 cases are complex and cannot be treated inside the country. They need to be sent to India or Germany."

The Deputy Operational Secretary of the ARCS called on domestic and international organizations, businessmen, industrialists, and those with means to continue their support for the organization.

He said, "Our compatriots, national traders, enterprises, and various associations active in Afghanistan can cooperate with us to the extent they can. The more cooperation there is, the better we can perform."

Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the ARCS announced that the organization has taken various actions in different areas, including collecting beggars across the country, providing humanitarian and cash assistance to victims of natural and non-natural disasters, supporting destitute families, widows, orphaned children, and other humanitarian activities.

Mudassir Hamraz, the spokesperson of ARCS, said: "Across the country, 116,259 beggars have been collected, of which 5,300 families, comprising 30,543 individuals, have been identified as eligible and receive a monthly cash aid of 53,875,812 Afghanis from the Afghan Red Crescent Society."

According to officials, ARCS was established 94 years ago and was recognized 70 years ago by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Currently, this organization has 4,605 employees across Afghanistan.