The Kabul Tribune (KT) — Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Ministry of Public Health said that Naeemullah Ayobi, director general of the ministry’s Department of Medicines and Health Products Regulation, met with Mohammad Zakir Hussain, secretary general of the Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Industry Association, and his delegation.
The ministry said the meeting focused on the production, regulation, trade, and investment in pharmaceuticals, emphasizing that the drug trade should be conducted legally, systematically, and transparently, and that the process of drug registration and evaluation should be accelerated.
The source added that the Afghan delegation encouraged officials of Bangladesh pharmaceutical companies to invest in drug production in Afghanistan and discussed the export of high-quality medicines to the country.
According to the ministry, the Afghan side proposed that medicines exported to Afghanistan carry price labels in Afghanis and that drugs close to their expiration date should not be exported. Banking facilities between the two countries were also discussed.
The Taliban Ministry of Public Health said that officials from the Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Industry Association pledged to export medicines to Afghanistan at reasonable prices and stressed the launch of cargo flights between Kabul and Dhaka
