Afghanistan Faces Yet Another Threat

Afghanistan at "huge risk" of bird flu: UN

According to the PakTribune:

KABUL: War-shattered Afghanistan faces a huge risk from bird flu, including a strain that can kill people, and must take urgent action to protect itself, UN experts said Monday.

The Central Asian country is on the path of migrating birds that may be carrying the disease and about 85 percent of its people live in close contact with poultry, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said.

Afghanistan’s veterinary services were also in disarray, having been ignored in the rebuilding of the country after decades of war.