Child returnees from Pakistan contracting diseases
KABUL(SW) – With the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees from Pakistan, some of them in special camps for returnees in Kandahar and
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Chickenpox spreading in Parwan, Panjshir and Kapisa
CHARIKAR (SW) – A number of villagers in Parwan, Kapisa and Panjshir provinces, whose children have contracted “chickenpox”, told Salam Watandar that this disease has been
WFP says $ 16 million needed to help the needy in Afghanistan
KABUL (SW) – The World Food Program says it needs 16 million dollars to help the needy in addition to returning refugees in Afghanistan. The
Diabetes on the rise in Afghanistan, warns health experts
KABUL (SW) – In connection with the World Diabetes Day, the officials in the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan told Salam Watandar that the
Over 200,000 Afghans returned back from Pakistan
MONITORING (SW) – A total of 220,398 Afghan migrants have been returned to their country so far, reported Pakistan’s state broadcaster, Radio Pakistan. The repatriation
New school built in Paktika
SHARANA (SW) – The officials of Paktika Department of Education say that the building of a school in this province has been put into operation
Exclusive: The paradox of midwives’ shortage and lack of work of them
KABUL (SW) – Salam Watandar’s findings from interviews with 36 midwives from different provinces of Afghanistan show that women in different sectors even lose their lives
Over 3 million children facing malnutrition
KABUL (SW) – This year, more than three million children in Afghanistan have suffered from malnutrition, said officials. Mursal, a resident of Paghman, Kabul, whose child
Pakistan blamed for politically exploiting Afghan refugees
KABUL (SW) – Following the reactions to the forced deportation of Afghan immigrants from Pakistan, Amnesty International has recently issued a statement saying that Pakistan
Hospital in Logar overwhelmed by the number of patients
PUL-E-ALAM (SW) – The main public hospital in Logar is overwhelmed by the number of patients needing necessary healthcare. A number of patients at Naib
UN has no funds to clear deadly mines in Afghanistan
KABUL (SW) – Vast swathes of land and large numbers of critical infrastructure (including schools) across Afghanistan are contaminated with deadly mines and unexploded devices,
Child deportees from Pakistan face uncertain fate
KABUL (SW) – A number of children who were forcibly deported from Pakistan with their families after November 1, say that their deportation from Pakistan
