Tolo News: More than 37,000 cases of Tuberculosis were registered in Afghanistan last year, said the Ministry of Public Health on Thursday, World Tuberculosis Day. This figure does not however reflect the true picture as the ministry said if one takes into account the number of unregistered cases, as many as 60,000 Afghans could be affected. Tuberculosis, or TB as it is commonly known, is a highly contagious disease that kills thousands of Afghans annually. Click here to read more (external link).