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May 1, 2024 · Major infectious diseases. degree of risk: intermediate (2023) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2024) vectorborne diseases: Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever note: Afghanistan is one of two countries with endemic wild polio virus (the other is Pakistan) and considered high risk for international spread of the disease; before any international travel ...
5 days ago · Afghanistan, landlocked multiethnic country located in the heart of south-central Asia. Lying along important trade routes connecting southern and eastern Asia to Europe and the Middle East, Afghanistan has long been a prize sought by empire builders. Its capital and largest city is Kabul.
5 days ago · Since emerging in Afghanistan in 2015, ... Asia: 2024 Human Rights Press Awards. March 14, 2024 Dispatches Out of Sight, Afghans Are Going Hungry. Reports March 5, 2024 Report
2 days ago · Southwest Asia Cease-Fire for the period 12 April 1991, through 30 November 1995, including Operation Provide Comfort ... (On behalf of Afghanistan, 300 Mujaheddin ...
1 day ago · The Pakistani Taliban — a separate group but a close ally of the Afghan Taliban which seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 — had denied being behind the March attack, saying in a statement at the time that “our sole targets are security forces (and their agents) imposed upon us. We are in no way involved in this attack.”
4 days ago · South Asia, subregion of Asia, consisting of the Indo-Gangetic Plain and peninsular India. It includes the countries of Bangladesh , Bhutan , India , Pakistan , Nepal , and Sri Lanka ; Afghanistan and the Maldives are often considered part of South Asia as well.
2 days ago · As commonly conceptualized, the modern states of South Asia include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. South Asia borders East Asia to the northeast, Central Asia to the northwest, West Asia to the west and Southeast Asia to the east.
