Afghanistan

A child receives a polio vaccination during an anti-polio campaign on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan

How the COVID-19 Pandemic Led To New Cases of Polio in Afghanistan

Ruchi Kumar 01/12/2020

If polio is not eradicated in Afghanistan and Pakistan,...

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The Journey of Black-Eared Kites Into the Indian Subcontinent, Unraveled

Joel P. Joseph 13/10/2020

While some ornithologists have studied the migration of waterbirds...

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In Afghanistan, a Drug Sparks Hope – and Charges of Quackery

Ruchi Kumar 16/08/2020

In a short video posted online, Haji Mohammad Alkozai...

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi

COVID-19: India’s Case Fatality Rate is Highest Among South Asian Countries

Deepankar Basu 05/07/2020

Caveat: Fatality undercounting, underreporting and improper deaths registration could...

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Afghan Doctors Cultivate a Grim Specialty: War Wounds in Babies

Ruchi Kumar 25/06/2020

Kabul’s paediatric surgeons face a perverse challenge in determining...

Girls cover their faces to protect themselves from the stench of a filthy and malfunctioning restroom in their school. at this school, girls have no toilets of their own and their only option is to use the ones on the far side of the buildings where the boys study. They do not have locking doors and are several minutes’ walk from a water point. ©2017 Credit: Paula Bronstein for Human Rights Watch

Girls in Afghanistan, and Everywhere Else, Need Toilets

Heather Barr and Amanda Klasing 19/11/2017

Lack of access to clean, safe, private toilets is...

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‘Hands Cut by Pak-Sponsored Terror, Now Restored by Indian Doctors’

The Wire Staff 18/05/2015

Tweet by former Afghan intelligence chief sees "massive symbolism"...