A group of Bangladeshi doctors has arrived in Kabul for an eight-day medical mission to treat 120 children suffering from cleft lip and cleft palate conditions.

The head of a Bangladeshi charitable foundation, who traveled to Afghanistan at the invitation of the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS), described the assistance as a rightful service to the people of Afghanistan.

Hamza Shahidul Islam, head of the Bangladeshi charity, stated: "In the future, Inshallah, we plan to set up another camp to treat a thousand patients, and we also intend to conduct heart surgeries in collaboration with the Afghan Red Crescent Society."

Mudassir Hamraz, spokesperson for ARCS, said: "Their goal is to operate on 120 patients, and they aim to perform surgeries on ten to thirteen patients each day."

Several families of the patients said they lack the financial resources to seek treatment for their children abroad.

Rahimullah, the father of one of the children, said: "Our request to the Islamic Emirate and the Afghan Red Crescent is to increase their assistance to the poor people of Afghanistan. We don’t have the means to take our children abroad for treatment."

Meanwhile, the deputy head of the Afghan Red Crescent Society highlighted efforts to engage more international charitable organizations to assist in patient care. He added that doctors from the Mohammad bin Salman Foundation are currently present in Herat to treat eye patients.

Azizur Rahman, deputy head of ARCS, said: "Patients come from Herat and Mazar-e-Sharif. They are screened and operated on. Then, in the third phase, God willing, they will come to Kabul in about ten days."

According to ARCS statistics, the same Bangladeshi medical team successfully treated 85 children with cleft conditions last year.