Tolo News: The number of patients suffering from cancer has increased across the country, the Ministry of Public Health said, adding that more than 10,000 patients have been referred to cancer centers over the past five months. The rise of cancer cases comes as Afghanistan is facing a shortage of medical equipment in a weakened health sector that plunged into crisis due to the dire economic situation in the country. The doctors called air pollution the main reason for the increase in cancer in the country. Click here to read more (external link).
Other Health News
8am: Sources in conversation with Hasht-e Subh say that this incident happened around 3:00 pm on Sunday, September 11, in the Pojawa area of Dara district in Panjshir province. According to the sources, two Taliban suicide bombers were planning to detonate among the members of the National Resistance Front under the pretext of surrendering. 
8am: The Taliban’s public health department in Kunar province has reported that 2,200 people have been infected with diarrhea over the past two weeks in different parts of this province. Simultaneously, the residents have criticized the Taliban health authorities in this province and said that they do not take timely measures to resolve the health problems, adding that this is why the people are facing severe health problems. 
8am: Khaled Zadran, the spokesman of the Taliban security command in Kabul province, said that on Saturday night, September 10, a mine planted in a bicycle exploded near a Corolla car, injuring three people. It is reported that the explosion has taken place in the Pol-e-Khusk area of Dasht-e-Barch, a Hazara dominated area where the community’s bazar is located.