News » November 22, 2009

Snapshot: H1N1 in Afghanistan

By Rachel Jefferson

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN—Young Afghans wear face masks as they walk in the main market on Nov. 2, 2009, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan government has ordered the closure of all educational institutions for a period of three weeks due to the sudden rise of H1N1 flu cases and after the first death from the virus. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

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• Reader Comments

  Liberals do all they can to retard the advancement of the fighting there. They limit where our troops can fight and prevent them from going into homes after the snipers. Obama keeps ignoring terrorism and the media is more than happy to oblige him.

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  Posted by posiblety on Dec 2, 2009 at 4:35 AM

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