The Afghan government launched the first nationwide polio vaccination campaign for 2026 on Monday to cover around 12.6 million children under five in the post-war nation.
Malnutrition remains one of the most pressing public health challenges in Afghanistan, the report noted.
U.S.-led forces left Afghanistan in August 2021, ending a 20-year military occupation of the country.
There are reportedly seven million Afghan refugees worldwide, with the majority of them in Pakistan and Iran.
At least five people were killed, and dozens of others were wounded in an explosion inside a mosque.
Hundreds of Afghans took to the streets of Kabul on Tuesday, demanding that Pakistan stops interfering in Afghanistan’s affairs.
