At least 21 individuals have died attributable to a “mysterious disease” in northeastern Afghanistan, officers mentioned on Sunday.
The illness unfold within the Wakhan space of the mountainous Pamir area, the place medical groups are working to find out the precise nature of the sickness, in response to native authorities in Badakhshan province.
So far, 21 individuals have died within the final two weeks, they added, whereas the Ministry of Health of the interim Taliban administration mentioned the medical groups reached the area through neighboring Tajikistan.
Turkic-speaking Kyrgyz individuals dwell within the jap Pamir area of Afghanistan, which borders China, Pakistan, and Tajikistan, whereas ethnic Tajiks dwell within the western valleys.