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Sources: Three anthrax cases reported in Takhar

4th October, 2025 · admin

Amu: According to the sources, those infected in Takhar include a woman, a man, and a child who fell ill after eating the meat of a contaminated sheep. Medical sources told Amu that several other residents in the Kokcha region of Takhar have recently developed similar symptoms after consuming infected meat. Click here to read

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Posted in Health News | Tags: Anthrax, Takhar |
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Chronic illness and mental health challenges threaten millions across Afghanistan

22nd September, 2025 · admin

Ariana: According to a new report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic lung conditions already account for 43% of deaths nationwide – a figure expected to rise above 60% by 2030, with women disproportionately affected. Click here to read more (external link). More WHO Warns of

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Posted in Afghan Women, Health News | Tags: Cancer, Pneumonia |
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Taliban Leader Directs Nationwide Roundup Of Mentally Ill Patients In Afghanistan

15th September, 2025 · admin

Afghanistan International: Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has ordered the collection of mentally ill patients across all 34 provinces of Afghanistan, the group announced. The announcement has raised concerns, given the Taliban’s previous treatment of vulnerable people. Last October, Taliban members shot dead a 22-year-old mentally ill man who had blocked them from entering his

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Posted in Health News, Taliban | Tags: Hibatullah Akhundzada, Mental Health |
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UN Warns 4.7 Million Women and Children Face Acute Malnutrition Crisis in Afghanistan

12th September, 2025 · admin

Khaama: The United Nations warns that over 4.7 million women and children urgently need malnutrition treatment, as drought, economic collapse, and reduced aid push Afghanistan toward deeper humanitarian crisis..The United Nations has warned that more than 4.7 million women and children in Afghanistan urgently need treatment for malnutrition, with the country facing a worsening humanitarian

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Health News | Tags: Malnutrition |
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Child Mortality in Kandahar Drops by 13% Compared to Last Year

10th September, 2025 · admin

Tolo News: Officials at Mirwais Regional Hospital in Kandahar say that with the use of modern medical equipment, they have managed to reduce the child mortality rate in the southern region from 23.5% to 9.53%. According to the officials, in the second quarter of last year, 208 children lost their lives, while in the first

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Posted in Afghan Children, Health News | Tags: Kandahar, Mortality Rates |
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Afghan Women And Girls ‘Bear The Brunt’ Of Earthquake Amid Taliban Restrictions

3rd September, 2025 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi and Una Cilic September 3, 2025 A massive earthquake this week that killed more than 1,400 people in Afghanistan has left women, already struggling under the strict rules of the Taliban-led government, vulnerable because of a lack of support. The 6.0 magnitude quake has devastated the eastern part of the country

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Environmental News, Health News | Tags: Earthquake, Jalalabad, Kunar, Nangarhar, Natural Disasters, Taliban government failure, Taliban war on women |
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‘I’m Afraid:’ What U.S. Aid Cuts Mean for the Women of Afghanistan

21st August, 2025 · admin

TIME: Over the past 12 years, the small family-health clinic in Melmastok, a remote mountainous community in Afghanistan’s central Daikundi province, has withstood multiple upheavals—from a Taliban insurgency to the withdrawal of international troops and the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul in 2021. Ever since, as the Taliban returned to power, once again

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Health News, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Maternal Death |
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Septic Systems: The Silent Threat to Health and Kabul’s Groundwater

19th August, 2025 · admin

8am: Septic systems in Kabul city are among the issues that have received less attention and have recently raised concerns among a large number of residents of this city. At the same time, several environmental experts also consider the existence of these systems as a serious threat to public health and a factor in increasing

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Posted in Environmental News, Health News | Tags: Kabul, water pollution |
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Afghanistan Faces a Dire Humanitarian Crisis and Healthcare Collapse Under Taliban Rule

14th August, 2025 · admin

8am: Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the country’s healthcare system has been pushed to the brink of collapse, with international aid, which formed the backbone of medical service provision, almost entirely cut off. The American newspaper New Lines reported on Thursday, August 14, 2025, that more than 23 million people, nearly half of Afghanistan’s

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Posted in Health News | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban government failure |
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UNICEF: Measles Has Killed 357 Children in Afghanistan in Six Months

2nd August, 2025 · admin

Khaama: UNICEF reports measles has killed 357 children in Afghanistan in just six months, warning over 12 million children urgently need aid amid worsening health and malnutrition crises. UNICEF warns Afghanistan is facing a worsening humanitarian emergency, with measles killing at least 357 children in the first half of 2025 and over 12 million needing

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Posted in Afghan Children, Health News | Tags: Measles |
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