UN teams dispatch aid as deadly flash floods strike northern Afghanistan
May 13, 2024, at 09:44 pm
UN humanitarian teams scrambled to get lifesaving aid to communities devastated by deadly flash floods in northeastern Afghanistan over the weekend.
Mild tremors felt in Delhi and north India after 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan
Jan 11, 2024, at 09:34 pm
New Delhi: Delhi and parts of northern India experienced mild tremors this afternoon following a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Six kids die due to diarrhea in Mazar-e-Sharif
Jun 17, 2023, at 11:48 pm
Afghanistan's Mazar-e-Sharif city has witnessed the deaths of six children due to seasonal diseases like diarrhea in the past two months, media reports said.
Afghanistan registers fourth Polio case of 2023
Jun 03, 2023, at 09:54 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan has reported the fourth case of Polio this year in Bihsud district of Nangarhar province, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Extreme weather leaves 78 people dead
Jan 20, 2023, at 08:55 pm
Kabul: A statistics revealed by the Ministry for Disaster Management has shown at least 78 people have died from extreme cold exposure across the country over the past nine days.
Dec 23, 2022, at 10:01 pm
New York: Millions of Afghan children have been vaccinated during the first nationwide integrated measles and polio campaign in Afghanistan since the Taliban took power in August 2021, the UN health agency said on Thursday.
Pneumonia cases are soaring in Afghanistan, killing children: Save the Children
Feb 02, 2022, at 02:18 am
Kabul: Pneumonia cases are soaring in Afghanistan, killing children who are unable to access healthcare facilities, Save the Children said today.
Afghanistan: Death toll due to earthquake touches 22
Jan 18, 2022, at 09:15 pm
Qala-E-Naw, Afghanistan/UNI/Xinhua: The death toll from a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Afghanistan's western province of Badghis has risen to 22, a provincial official said Tuesday.
Number of cancer patients rising in Afghanistan: Officials
Dec 29, 2021, at 05:03 am
Kabul: Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said the number of cancer patients in the country's state-run hospitals have increased in recent times, according to media reports.
Lifesaving support for new mothers in crisis-wracked Afghanistan
Dec 17, 2021, at 11:23 pm
The Malalai Maternity Hospital is one of the busiest in the Afghan capital, Kabul, welcoming around 85 babies into the world every day, including 20 by Caesarean section. But the ongoing crisis in the country is drastically undermining the staff’s capacity to care for their patients.
Taliban backs WHO polio vaccination campaign across Afghanistan next month
Oct 19, 2021, at 05:15 pm
New York: The decision by the Taliban leadership to support the resumption of house-to-house polio vaccination across Afghanistan has been welcomed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Afghanistan: Rapid decline in public health conditions, WHO warns
Oct 01, 2021, at 08:59 pm
Healthcare provision is deteriorating fast in Afghanistan, the UN health agency warned on Wednesday, with cases of measles and diarrhoea shooting up, and polio becoming a “major risk”.
Afghanistan’s healthcare system on brink of collapse, as hunger hits 95 per cent of families
Sep 23, 2021, at 09:20 pm
Afghanistan’s health system is on the brink of collapse, the head of the World Health Organisation, WHO, warned on Wednesday, while on the streets of Kabul, the hunger families are suffering is as acute in urban areas as the drought-stricken rural parts of the country.
WHO ‘exploring all options’ to get medical supplies into Afghanistan
Aug 28, 2021, at 05:52 pm
New York: With medical stocks dwindling in Afghanistan, and insecurity at the airport in the capital, Kabul, following the terrorist attack on Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to examine ways to deliver much-needed supplies to the country, a senior official told journalists in Geneva.
Afghanistan starts COVID-19 vaccination drive
Feb 23, 2021, at 11:26 pm
Kabul/UNI: Afghanistan started the COVID vaccination drive with a ceremony at the Presidential Palace, here on Tuesday.
India records 13,823 new COVID-19 cases
Jan 20, 2021, at 03:42 pm
Kabul: India reported 13,823 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, marking continuous decline in daily numbers, as per Ministry of Health released data on Wednesday.
Afghanistan registers 263 fresh Covid cases
Dec 02, 2020, at 11:42 pm
Kabul/UNI: A total of 263 new COVID-19 positive cases have been registered in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, taking the the total number of infections to 46,980 in the country, said a statement of Public Health Ministry released here Wednesday.
Afghanistan registers 140 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Nov 21, 2020, at 10:49 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan registered 140 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan reports 62 new COVID-19 cases, total at 39,548
Oct 07, 2020, at 10:08 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: Afghanistan reported 62 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours on Wednesday, bringing the tally to 39,548, the country's Ministry of Public Health confirmed.
Afghanistan reports 31 fresh nCoV cases
Sep 01, 2020, at 10:30 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 31 new Coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infected people to 38,200.
Death toll in Afghanistan's floods rises to 190
Sep 01, 2020, at 10:13 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: The floods triggered by heavy rains and onrush of water in the mountainous eastern Afghan region has killed 190 people and injured 172 others since Aug. 25, authorities said Tuesday.
COVID-19: Afghanistan reports fresh 22 cases
Aug 31, 2020, at 03:32 am
Kabul/UNI: Afghanistan reported 22 more cases of COVID-19 on Sunday taking the country's cumalative total of cases to 38,165 said the country's Ministry of Public Health.
Afghanistan reports 40 new COVID-19 positive cases
Jul 20, 2020, at 10:52 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: Afghanistan's Public Health Ministry has registered 40 new COVID-19 positive cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the number of infections to 35,503 in the country, said a statement of ministry on Monday.
Afghanistan confirms 76 new COVID-19 positive cases
Jul 17, 2020, at 01:46 am
Kabul/Xinhua: Afghanistan's Public Health Ministry has confirmed 76 new cases infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, totalling the number of patients with the virus to 35,070 in the country, a spokesperson for the ministry Masooma Jafari said Thursday.
COVID-19 positive cases surpass 28,000 in Afghanistan
Jun 20, 2020, at 06:20 pm
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: With 546 new COVID-19 positive cases reported over the past 24 hours in Afghanistan, the number of cases in the country has risen to 28,424, said a statement of Public Health Ministry released here Saturday.
Afghanistan's COVID-19 cases reach 26,874
Jun 17, 2020, at 04:25 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: The Afghan Ministry of Public Health confirmed on Wednesday 564 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of patients in the country to 26,874.
5.0-magnitude quake hits 26 km SE of Jurm, Afghanistan -- USGS
Jun 16, 2020, at 04:55 pm
Hong Kong/Xinhua: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 26 km southwest of Jurm, Afghanistan at 0921 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Afghanistan reports 575 New Covid-19 cases
Jun 08, 2020, at 04:51 pm
Kabul/UNI: Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health on Monday said 575 new cases of COVID-19 have been discovered from the 978 samples tested in the past 24 hours.
Coronavirus cases in Afghanistan cross 15,000 mark
May 31, 2020, at 08:36 pm
Kabul/UNI: Afghanistan registered 680 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the total count to 15,205, said the Ministry of Public Health on Sunday.
Afghanistan registers 625 new COVID-19 positive cases
May 27, 2020, at 07:26 pm
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Afghanistan registered 625 new positive cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of patients infected with the disease to 12,456 in the country, spokesman for the Public Health Ministry Tawhid Shakohmand said Wednesday.