29 January 2026 23:25 (UTC+04:00)By Alimat AliyevaAfghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health on Thursday inaugurated the country’s first national cancer treatment hospital in the capital, Kabul. The new 200-bed facility is intended to reduce the need for patients to travel abroad for diagnosis and treatment, Azernews reports, citing foreign media. The inauguration ceremony was led by Public Health Minister Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali, who described the opening of the hospital as the realization of a long-held goal. “It is a great pleasure to inaugurate the national cancer treatment hospital together,” Jalali said. Until now, many Afghan patients traveled to neighboring countries such as Pakistan, India, or Iran for cancer care.