Russia to set up hospital in Kabul

By Vladimir Radyuhin

MOSCOW, NOV. 24. Russia will be the first country to set up a field hospital and an aid supply centre in Kabul after the Afghan capital was taken by the Northern Alliance forces earlier this month. The field hospital will be staffed by Russian doctors and will initially have 30 beds, said the Deputy Minister for Emergency Situations, Mr. Yury Vorobyov.

He told a press conference here that efforts were on to set up a Russian humanitarian aid base in Kabul to take relief supplies far into Afghanistan. Both the field hospital and the aid supply centre would be established as soon as the Afghan authorities provide appropriate sites and approve the deployment of Russian security.

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