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Hepatitis B kills more than 11,000 people annually in Afghanistan by in Miscellaneous visit site

Afghan Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) officials estimate hepatitis B kills more than 11,000 people annually, with 7 percent of the country's population already infected. Sayed Bibi's family has been devastated by hepatitis B. "I have been suffering from this illness for the past three years and the same illness killed my mother. Now my elder son is also suffering from this sickness," Sayed, a mother-of-eight, said from her bed in the crowded room she shares with other patie...

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Prince Harry Could Be Sent To Afghanistan by in Miscellaneous visit site

The 21-year-old royal-who is currently training at Bovington Army barracks in Dorset, England-will reportedly find out where his regiment will be posted before Christmas. Harry, who is third in line to the throne, will apparently be flown out to join his Blues and Royals regiment next spring and it is likely they will be based in Afghanistan.

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Pakistan claims Afghan tie to bombing plot by admin in Miscellaneous visit site

Pakistani officials investigatiing the foiled aircraft bombing plot in Britain say they have uncovered links to al-Qaida in Afghanistan. The Mail and Guardian reported Aug. 14 that Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao told journalists that bombing suspect Rashid Rauf gave investigators "many, many clues which link this plan with Afghanistan, especially the al-Qaida of Osama bin Laden."

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Afghan women continue to wear symbolic burqa by admin in Miscellaneous visit site

The burqa is "in." Actually the all-enveloping cloak has never really been "out" in the five years since the fall of the ultra-Islamic Taliban regime that forced all women to wear it. But in today's conflict-ridden Afghanistan, the garment seen by many as a symbol of oppression is finding new followers among Western women worried about anti-foreigner sentiment, and Western men looking for ironic gifts for lovers back home.