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| | Battling to bring winter relief to Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27) |
 | | Although hundreds are reported dead in the coldest winter in the region in decades, officials at the Ministry of Health have confirmed only 200 deaths so far, mostly attributed to severe respiratory disease such as pneumonia, whooping cough and tuberculosis. |
 | | Among the areas of greatest concern are the mountainous provinces of Badakhshan and Baghlan in the north and Nurestan, further south, she said. |
 | | Meanwhile, 21 of 25 passes in the country were reopened after several days of work by Afghan Ministry of Public Works, Solidarités, the NGO in charge of the maintenance of three of the main passes in the central highlands region, and the United Nations Office for Project Service (UNOPS). |
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