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'Voices From Afghanistan' Exhibit Profiled In 'The Washington Post'

"The Post's" Style section highlights the exhibit at the Library of Congress, which showcases some of the thousands of handwritten scrolls and letters sent in by listeners to RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan. More
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Deadly Bird-Flu Detected In Eastern Afghanistan

April 25, 2006

A woman tends her flock of chickens near the Afghan capital, Kabul (file photo) (epa)

April 25, 2006 -- The United Nations said today that samples taken from birds in the eastern Afghan province of Kapisa have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the virus, which is deadly to humans.


H5N1 has also been confirmed in the provinces of Kabul, Lowgar, and Nangarhar.


No human infections have been reported in Afghanistan.


(AP, Reuters)

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