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  2021-12-17

  New polio cases emerge in Kunduz despite latest round of vaccinations

  Doctors registered a few cases of polio between October and November in children who were never vaccinated against the virus. Local residents are worried more cases will emerge.

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  2021-10-29

  Mental anguish surges among girls as the Taliban ban on schooling sinks in

  Barred by the Taliban from going to school past 6th grade, girls are increasingly experiencing mental problems while they stay home as their hopes and dreams fade under the new regime.

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  2021-10-19

  Patients face grim realities as Afghan healthcare system deteriorates

  Only a fraction of the necessary medicines and medical supplies are available at hospitals, while doctors and staff haven't been paid for months. Many health facilities have closed since August.

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  2021-10-05

  Badakhshan residents face water crisis following Taliban takeover

  More than 2,000 households in Badakhshan have been forced to buy or fetch water from the Kokcha River, which is not potable and is causing widespread sickness and disease.

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  2021-07-02

  China's COVID-19 'global public good' turning a bad situation worse?

  Infection rates are spiking in countries that relied on Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines, while leaders in Beijing continue to tout their country's 'greatness' in defeating the virus.

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  2021-07-01

  Afghans displaced by Taliban violence face elevated COVID-19 threat

  Hundreds of thousands of Afghans displaced by fighting are often forced into cramped and unsanitary living conditions, putting them at higher risk of infection, authorities say.

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  2021-06-11

  United States to donate 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to world

  It represents the largest single purchase and donation of COVID-19 vaccines by any single country ever. Pfizer jabs will start being sent out to the world's poorest countries in August.

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  2021-06-04

  Afghanistan to receive COVID-19 vaccines from US

  The additional doses are part of an 80-million-dose tranche to be distributed globally that will help to boost Afghanistan's coronavirus response.

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  2021-05-28

  Wuhan lab leak theory gains traction as COVID-19 origin probe continues

  Mounting evidence points to the Wuhan Institute of Virology as the origin of the devastating global pandemic, and China's propaganda machine is working overtime to debunk the theory.

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  2021-05-10

  New polio cases emerge in Badghis following Taliban vaccine interference

  Workers have vaccinated only 33% of the province's 170,000 children under age five against polio, while the rest are at risk because of the Taliban's ongoing obstructions.