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September 27, 2000

Cholera Kills Scores In Afghanistan

More than 90 people in Afghanistan died last week in an outbreak of cholera in Badghis Province, a drought-stricken area in the northwestern part of the country.

A United Nations report stated on Monday that the total population of the affected communities is 20,000. It reported that an emergency program had been launched to bring in drugs and equipment in an effort to keep the disease from spreading.

Some strains of the illness can cause death from dehydration in frail or very young victims within 24 hours.

The severe drought is the worst to hit the country in 30 years, and has affected more than half of the war-torn country's population. Tens of thousands of Afghanis from various regions, including Badghis, have been displaced.

Aid workers in central Afghanistan reported last month that 16 people had also been killed by an unidentified drought-related illness.


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