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Two-Thirds Casualties In Recent Afghan Earthquakes Are Women, Children: WHO
Women and children make up two-thirds of the victims of the recent earthquakes in Afghanistan who were hospitalized with severe injuries, the head of the World Health Organization's emergency response in the country said on Monday.
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At least 4 Killed In Blast Near Kabul Mosque
At least four people were killed and 10 injured by a blast near a mosque in the Afghan capital which struck as worshippers were streaming out of afternoon prayers on Friday, a nearby hospital said.
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Kabul Hospital Attack Undermines Taliban Security Pledges
Just a few months after the Taliban took charge in Kabul and promised to restore peace in Afghanistan, many Afghans still fear an invisible enemy: the Islamic State.
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105-Year-Old Afghan Woman, Living In Noida, Recovers From Coronavirus
A 105-year-old woman from Afghanistan was discharged from a hospital in Greater Noida on Friday after recovering from COVID-19 in a fortnight, officials said.
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How Women Helped Deliver A Baby As Gunmen Rampaged Through Kabul Hospital
As armed men rampaged through an Afghan hospital, shooting dead mothers and babies, a group of pregnant women hid in a room with one of them about to give birth.
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24 Killed in Afghanistan Hospital Attack
The number of deaths in an attack on an Afghan hospital in which infants and nurses were killed has risen to 24, a health official said Wednesday.
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13, Including Two Infants, Killed In Kabul Hospital Attack
Thirteen people, including two babies, were killed Tuesday when gunmen stormed a maternity hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul, an interior ministry spokesman said.
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Afghanistan: 'Naive, Reckless' Tourists Couchsurfing In War-Torn Nation
Couchsurfing's concept is like a modern-day version of Afghanistan's tradition of hospitality, which obliges Afghans to provide food and shelter to strangers. In a country where kidnappings remain common and foreigners are highly-prized targets, they have no way of knowing if their host is connected to criminals, who may see a chance to get rich by...
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Doctors Used 2,500-Year-Old Technique To Reconstruct Afghan Woman's Nose
Doctors at a city hospital have reconstructed the nose of a gunshot victim from Afghanistan using over 2,500-year-old techniques described by Sushruta, the father of surgery.
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Blast Hits Police In Afghan Capital Kabul, At least 11 Killed And 25 Wounded
Wahid Majroh, a spokesman for the ministry of public health, said 11 dead and 25 wounded had been brought to city hospitals after the blast in an area of the city not far from the US Embassy and other foreign missions.
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ISIS Afghanistan Leader Killed: US, Afghan Officials
The head of ISIS in Afghanistan -- believed to be the mastermind behind several high-profile attacks including an assault on a military hospital that claimed at least 50 lives -- has been killed, US and Afghan officials said.
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National Geographic's 'Afghan Girl' Hospitalized In Pakistan
Pakistan's foreign ministry says an Afghan woman who gained fame in 1984 after a photograph of her as a refugee girl was published on the cover of National Geographic has been hospitalized after falling ill while in custody.
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New York Bombing Suspect Could Face Hearing In Hospital Bed
A lawyer for an Afghan-born US citizen charged with bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend asked a federal judge to schedule his first court appearance today, possibly in his hospital bed.
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World Leaders Wish Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif Ahead Of Heart Surgery
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani were among several world leaders who wished Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ahead of his open-heart surgery at a hospital in the UK today.
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US Strike on Afghan Hospital was 'Frightening Catalogue of Errors': Charity
The US investigation into a deadly air strike on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Afghanistan showed a "frightening catalogue of errors" by American troops, the charity said Wednesday.
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Two-Thirds Casualties In Recent Afghan Earthquakes Are Women, Children: WHO
Women and children make up two-thirds of the victims of the recent earthquakes in Afghanistan who were hospitalized with severe injuries, the head of the World Health Organization's emergency response in the country said on Monday.
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At least 4 Killed In Blast Near Kabul Mosque
At least four people were killed and 10 injured by a blast near a mosque in the Afghan capital which struck as worshippers were streaming out of afternoon prayers on Friday, a nearby hospital said.
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Kabul Hospital Attack Undermines Taliban Security Pledges
Just a few months after the Taliban took charge in Kabul and promised to restore peace in Afghanistan, many Afghans still fear an invisible enemy: the Islamic State.
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105-Year-Old Afghan Woman, Living In Noida, Recovers From Coronavirus
A 105-year-old woman from Afghanistan was discharged from a hospital in Greater Noida on Friday after recovering from COVID-19 in a fortnight, officials said.
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How Women Helped Deliver A Baby As Gunmen Rampaged Through Kabul Hospital
As armed men rampaged through an Afghan hospital, shooting dead mothers and babies, a group of pregnant women hid in a room with one of them about to give birth.
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24 Killed in Afghanistan Hospital Attack
The number of deaths in an attack on an Afghan hospital in which infants and nurses were killed has risen to 24, a health official said Wednesday.
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13, Including Two Infants, Killed In Kabul Hospital Attack
Thirteen people, including two babies, were killed Tuesday when gunmen stormed a maternity hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul, an interior ministry spokesman said.
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Afghanistan: 'Naive, Reckless' Tourists Couchsurfing In War-Torn Nation
Couchsurfing's concept is like a modern-day version of Afghanistan's tradition of hospitality, which obliges Afghans to provide food and shelter to strangers. In a country where kidnappings remain common and foreigners are highly-prized targets, they have no way of knowing if their host is connected to criminals, who may see a chance to get rich by...
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Doctors Used 2,500-Year-Old Technique To Reconstruct Afghan Woman's Nose
Doctors at a city hospital have reconstructed the nose of a gunshot victim from Afghanistan using over 2,500-year-old techniques described by Sushruta, the father of surgery.
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Blast Hits Police In Afghan Capital Kabul, At least 11 Killed And 25 Wounded
Wahid Majroh, a spokesman for the ministry of public health, said 11 dead and 25 wounded had been brought to city hospitals after the blast in an area of the city not far from the US Embassy and other foreign missions.
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ISIS Afghanistan Leader Killed: US, Afghan Officials
The head of ISIS in Afghanistan -- believed to be the mastermind behind several high-profile attacks including an assault on a military hospital that claimed at least 50 lives -- has been killed, US and Afghan officials said.
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National Geographic's 'Afghan Girl' Hospitalized In Pakistan
Pakistan's foreign ministry says an Afghan woman who gained fame in 1984 after a photograph of her as a refugee girl was published on the cover of National Geographic has been hospitalized after falling ill while in custody.
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New York Bombing Suspect Could Face Hearing In Hospital Bed
A lawyer for an Afghan-born US citizen charged with bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend asked a federal judge to schedule his first court appearance today, possibly in his hospital bed.
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World Leaders Wish Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif Ahead Of Heart Surgery
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani were among several world leaders who wished Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ahead of his open-heart surgery at a hospital in the UK today.
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US Strike on Afghan Hospital was 'Frightening Catalogue of Errors': Charity
The US investigation into a deadly air strike on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Afghanistan showed a "frightening catalogue of errors" by American troops, the charity said Wednesday.
