Aga Khan Development Network: New Hospital Inaugurated in Afghanistan

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.

	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. - Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte


	His Highness, with Mme Bernadette Chirac, Alain Deloche, the founder of La Chaîne de l’Espoir (left), and Phillipe Douste-Blazy, the French Foreign Minister (right) at the inauguration ceremony for the French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) in Kabul. - Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte


	His Highness touring the French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) in Kabul, with Mme Bernadette Chirac. - Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte


	His Highness showing Mme Bernadette Chirac the restoration work at Babur’s Gardens in Kabul, a project of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. - Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte


	His Highness and Mme Chirac viewing the construction work being carried out by the AKTC at Babur’s Gardens in Kabul. - Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte