GARDEZ, Afghanistan, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Work to construct a health clinic has started in Gardez city, the provincial capital of Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Friday.
The report said that the health clinic would be completed within six months at the cost of 375,000 U.S. dollars and would provide health services to local people.
The Afghan caretaker government also started work on building two livestock health centers and 14 centers for livestock products and dairy processing in Bala Murghab and Ghormach districts of the western Badghis province recently.
In the meantime, the Afghan interim government has promised to further improve the health sector by building more hospitals and health clinics in the country. ■