{"id":25797,"date":"2026-11-11T12:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T12:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/11\/11\/taliban-blocks-kandahar-pharmaceutical-protest-pakistani-drug-ban\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T12:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T12:30:23","slug":"taliban-blocks-kandahar-pharmaceutical-protest-pakistani-drug-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/11\/11\/taliban-blocks-kandahar-pharmaceutical-protest-pakistani-drug-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Authorities Block Protest by Kandahar Pharmaceutical Workers Against Pakistani Drug Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of employees and officials of pharmaceutical companies in Kandahar gathered on Wednesday, November 11, in the &#8220;Sarak Jadid&#8221; area of the city to protest against the Taliban authorities&#8217; restrictions on the sale of Pakistani drugs. The protesters expressed their opposition to the ban by chanting slogans such as &#8220;We want alternatives to Pakistani drugs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, Taliban forces quickly arrived at the scene and prevented the continuation of the protests. Following this action, the &#8220;Sarak Jadid&#8221; area, which is the main hub for large pharmaceutical companies&#8217; drug sales, was surrounded by the Taliban; according to local sources, civilians are not allowed to enter.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban&#8217;s ban on imports of Pakistani drugs, implemented following last year&#8217;s political tensions with Pakistan, has led to a significant increase in drug prices in Afghanistan&#8217;s markets. This restriction has also resulted in Pakistani drugs being smuggled into the country, a process lacking necessary oversight that could jeopardize public health.<\/p>\n<p>Some experts have warned that the ban on Pakistani drug imports, coupled with a lack of suitable alternatives, not only raises treatment costs but also lowers drug quality and makes access to essential medicines more difficult for the population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban blocks Kandahar pharmaceutical workers&#8217; protest against Pakistani drug ban, causing drug price hikes and health concerns in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-social-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}