KABUL, Feb 21 (NNN-BNA) – The Afghan interim government’s National Defence Ministry, turned a former key U.S. military base, known as NKC (New Kabul Compound), into a hospital, to provide medical treatment for those crippled by the U.S.-led forces, during 20 years of military occupation of Afghanistan.
Situated next to the U.S. embassy in downtown Kabul, the NKC had served as the main military command and control centre of the U.S. forces, during 20 years of foreign troops’ presence in Afghanistan, which ended in Aug, 2021.
“This hospital is an equipped and advanced health centre, that can conduct various operations, including nerve surgery, congenital malformation and making artificial parts of the human body,” Defence Minister, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid said, in his opening remarks.
The NKC building was formally incorporated with the main Afghan 400-bed military hospital, known as Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan Hospital, yesterday.– NNN-BNA
