According to doctors at a cancer treatment facility in Herat province. The number of patients seeking cancer treatment in western Afghanistan has increased by 30%.

The National Cancer Control Program of the ministry was able to gain full membership in the Union for International Cancer Control. The Ministry of Public Health said in a statement.

The Ministry of Public Health said that the number of patients suffering from cancer has increased across the country.

More than 15,000 cancer-affected patients out of total 20,000 Afghans affected with the disease lost their lives in 2018, said a statement of Afghanistan Public Health Ministry released here.