KABUL Hospitals and clinics in Afghanistan have increasingly been targeted by armed groups over the past two years, weakening an already degraded health system, a children`s rights group said in a report issued on Monday.
Armed groups had "forced temporary or permanent closure of medical facilities; damaged or destroyed medical facilities; looted medical supplies; stolen ambulances; threatened, intimidated, extorted, or detained medical personnel; and occupied medical facilities for military purposes," it said.
"But despite the negotiations, some medical facilities have been closed for days, weeks, or months due to either occupation, or an order issued by armed opposition groups," it said.
With many clinics run by international aid organizations based in areas outside government control, long negotiations were necessary with insurgent groups and local elders to ensure they could stay open.
It said 95 of these were attributed to anti-government forces, including the Taliban and Islamic State, with 23 attributed to Afghan security forces, and urged all sides to stop targeted attacks on health care.
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