Chinese Company To Invest in Medicine Sector in Afghanistan, Says Taliban

The Taliban's Food and Drug Authority announced that a Chinese company will invest ten million dollars in the medicine sector in Afghanistan.

According to Taliban officials, this company has asked for security for its staff in Afghanistan.

Mutiullah Sahibzada, deputy director of the Food and Drug Authority, said that the Taliban facilitates an investment environment and security has been guaranteed across Afghanistan.

Sahibzada asked the Chinese company to increase its investment in the medicine sector in Afghanistan and focus more on the production of medicines that have not been produced in Afghanistan before.

After the Taliban’s return to power in 2021 in Afghanistan, the group has repeatedly announced the investment of Chinese companies, especially in the mining sector of the country.

In 2022, the Taliban signed an oil extraction contract with a Chinese company in northern Afghanistan for 25 years.

Aynak copper mine in Logar province has also been contracted with a Chinese company, but the mining operations have not kicked off at the mining site yet.