{"id":39261,"date":"2026-04-14T14:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/?p=39261"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:06:39","slug":"iran-war-medical-supplies-in-afghanistan-decline-as-prices-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/39261\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran War: Medical Supplies in Afghanistan Decline as Prices Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The New Humanitarian reported that the war in Iran has hit Afghanistan\u2019s economy, which was already weakened by Taliban\u2013Pakistan tensions. According to the report, medical equipment has become scarce and prices of basic goods have risen sharply.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mohammad Rafie, who has worked in medical laboratories in Herat for 10 years, said technical medical supplies have significantly declined, forcing patients to move from one clinic to another even for simple tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said, for example, a patient needing a progesterone test had to visit five different clinics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can get medicine and syringes no problem. We have a lot of specific technical equipment that came from Pakistan and Iran, and now those supplies are running dangerously low.\u201d Rafie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food Prices<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Before the Iran war began, Afghanistan was already experiencing rising food prices. The New Humanitarian quoted Abdul Hadi as saying: \u201cWhen Pakistan closed its routes, prices immediately shot up by 40%.\u201d He cited rice prices, saying a 10-kilogram bag increased from about 22$ to 39$.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The situation worsened after the start of the US and Israel war against Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abdulrahman, a vegetable seller in Herat, said traders previously relied on supplies from near the Iran border to offset shortages caused by closures of routes with Pakistan. But now that option is also gone, forcing further price increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He pointed to the items on his cart as examples: \u201cPotatoes, tomatoes, and peppers; they all come from Iran,\u201d he said, explaining how each of them had doubled in price over the last 40 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Large Return of Migrants<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The World Food Programme warned that rising numbers of returnees from Iran could increase humanitarian needs in Afghanistan. The UN says more than 150,000 migrants have returned since the start of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abdul Hadi said: \u201cSo many are returning because work is at a standstill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unemployment was already high in Afghanistan, and the large return of migrants has further strained the labor market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rasheed, a 22-year-old plasterer, said: \u201cWherever you look, there are now four times more workers than before.\u201d Everywhere you turn, there are now four times as many workers and not even half as much work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials from World Vision said the rise in returnees also means a sharp drop in remittances, which for millions of people in Afghanistan are a key source of income for food, healthcare, and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The New Humanitarian reported that the war in Iran has hit Afghanistan\u2019s economy, which was already weakened by Taliban\u2013Pakistan tensions. According to the report, medical equipment has become scarce and prices of basic goods have risen sharply. Mohammad Rafie, who has worked in medical laboratories in Herat for 10 years, said technical medical supplies have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":39262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[8046,7709,7726,8047,8044,8042,7609,8045,8043,1238,2335,5719,5706,1841,5742,5338,1482],"class_list":["post-39261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","tag-food-2","tag-herat-2","tag-humanitarian","tag-income","tag-laboratories","tag-medicalsupplies","tag-migrants","tag-patient","tag-prices","tag-afghanistan","tag-deeyar","tag-deeyar-television","tag-deeyar-tv","tag-iran","tag-kabul","tag-pakistan","tag-taliban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39261"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39277,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39261\/revisions\/39277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}