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Cholera infects over 400 in quake-hit Spera district of Khost

7th August, 2022 · admin

Ariana: More than 400 people have been infected with cholera over the last 10 days in Spera district of Khost province, the site of a deadly earthquake that struck six weeks ago, officials said on Sunday. Mohammad Nabi Zadran, head of a mobile health team in Khost, said that eight people have died of cholera

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Posted in Health News | Tags: Cholera in Afghanistan, Dengue Fever in Afghanistan, Khost |
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Export volume of Afghan pine nuts drops off

3rd July, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Exports of pine nuts from Afghanistan have declined in recent months as trade routes remain closed, traders say. Traders in Khost said that the pine nuts could spoil if shipments remain in warehouses for too long. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Economic News | Tags: Khost, Pine nuts |
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UN Says It Urgently Needs $110 Million For Afghanistan Quake Victims

28th June, 2022 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 28, 2022 The United Nations’ humanitarian coordination organization, the OCHA, has launched an emergency appeal to help hundreds of thousands of people in areas of Afghanistan devastated by last week’s deadly earthquake. The 5.9-magnitude quake on June 22 struck villages in the mountainous regions of Paktika and Khost provinces near the country’s

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News, UN-Afghanistan Relations, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Earthquake, Khost, Paktika, West supporting Taliban |
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WHO Boosts Surveillance Amid Disease Outbreak Risk in Quake-Hit Parts of Afghanistan

26th June, 2022 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News June 26, 2022 ISLAMABAD — The World Health Organization said Sunday it was stepping up surveillance of infectious diseases in earthquake-hit areas of Afghanistan following warnings by local authorities that thousands of survivors are at risk of disease. Afghan officials reported at least 1,150 people were killed, many more were injured, and

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News, Health News, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Earthquake, Khost, Paktika |
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Relief Supplies Arrive As Rescue Efforts End Following Deadly Afghan Earthquake

25th June, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi June 25, 2022 Tents, food, and medical supplies are arriving in eastern Afghanistan following a deadly earthquake and powerful aftershock. The death toll resulting from the June 22 earthquake rose to about 1,150 on June 24, according to Abdul Wahid Rayan, the Taliban director of the state-run Bakhtar News Agency. Rayan said

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News | Tags: Earthquake, Khost, Paktika |
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Women Earthquake Victims Neglected for Lack of Female Physicians

24th June, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: Khost residents said that due to the lack of female physicians in the province many of the injured women have not yet been treated. They say that in the current situation, they are facing a shortage of medical facilities in the hospitals. “There are no female physicians. There are a number of injured

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Posted in Afghan Women, Environmental News | Tags: Earthquake, Khost, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban government failure |
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Death Toll In Afghan Quake Rises To 1,150 As Authorities Stop Search For Survivors

24th June, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi June 24, 2022 An aftershock has killed five people in eastern Afghanistan just hours after Taliban authorities said they have ended search-and-rescue operations from a major earthquake two days ago and raised the death toll to at least 1,150 in the war-torn country’s worst such disaster in two decades. Abdul Wahid Rayan, the Taliban

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News | Tags: Earthquake, Khost, Paktika |
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Taliban Urge International Aid as Afghanistan Deals With Aftermath of Deadly Quake

23rd June, 2022 · admin

VOA News June 23, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban appealed for international aid Thursday as the war-ravaged country struggles to deal with the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people, injured many more and destroyed nearly 2,000 households. The 6.1 magnitude quake struck eastern and southeastern Afghan provinces, bordering Pakistan, during the

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News, Photos | Tags: Earthquake, Khost, Paktika |
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Earthquake Kills More Than 1,000 in Afghanistan

22nd June, 2022 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News June 22, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A powerful earthquake in Afghanistan’s southeast has killed more than 1,000 people and injured hundreds of others, Taliban authorities said. Rescue workers said the casualties from the quake, which struck during the early hours of Wednesday, were likely to increase further. Deputy Taliban Minister for Disaster Management

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Posted in Environmental News | Tags: Earthquake, Khost, Paktika |
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Officials Say Khost Forest Fire is Out, Locals Say It Continues

14th June, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: “The fire was controlled, thirty acres of land were burned, the charred trees were not totally damaged, and just the leaves and branches of the trees were burned,” Mesbahuddin Mohsen, a spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock, stated. However, several residents in Khost province say that the fires have not

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Posted in Environmental News, Taliban | Tags: Forest Fires in Afghanistan, Khost, Taliban government failure |
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