New hospital inaugurated in Afghanistan
Aga Khan University
His Highness and Mme Bernadette Chirac, the wife of the President of France, being met by President Karzai upon their arrival at the Presidential Palace in Kabul.
AKDN/Gary Otte
Kabul, Afghanistan, 8 April 2006 - President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, French First Lady Mme. Bernadette Chirac and His Highness the Aga Khan, Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), today inaugurated the French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC), an international-class, paediatric hospital founded by the French charitable organisations La Chaîne de l'Espoir and Enfants Afghans.