Kabul ¨C Afghanistan¡¯s decision to overhaul its medicine market was meant to improve quality and boost domestic production, but industry specialists say the swift changes have led to a litany of problems.
The Taliban authorities announced in November that the decadeslong dependency on medicine imports from Pakistan would soon end, a step taken after deadly border clashes with their neighbor.
After the ban came into effect this month, finance ministry spokesman Abdul Qayoom Naseer said that the government urged all importers to find ¡°alternative and legal¡± sources to replace Pakistani supplies.
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