Afghanistan, Source of Disease for Neighbors
October 17, 2000 - 0:0
Gentleman: Taleban Health Ministry officials say war-torn Afghanistan is turning into a source of deadly disease for other countries in the region.
Interloper: How do you know? Gentleman: You know, the AFP has quoted Head of the Taleban's General Department for Curative Medicine, Abdul Hakim Hakimi, as saying that cases of malaria, typhoid, polio and tuberculosis are on the rise throughout Afghanistan, prompting concern in neighboring Iran and Pakistan.
Interloper: I think this remark must have been made by the Taleban's foreign minister.
Gentleman: Why? Interloper: Because all neighboring countries of Afghanistan have been concerned with the spread of contagious political diseases since the fall of Kabul to the Taleban.
Gentleman: Excuse me, may I once again ask you why? Interloper: Yes dear, because Taleban's Afghanistan has become a source of political disease for its neighbors.
Interloper: How do you know? Gentleman: You know, the AFP has quoted Head of the Taleban's General Department for Curative Medicine, Abdul Hakim Hakimi, as saying that cases of malaria, typhoid, polio and tuberculosis are on the rise throughout Afghanistan, prompting concern in neighboring Iran and Pakistan.
Interloper: I think this remark must have been made by the Taleban's foreign minister.
Gentleman: Why? Interloper: Because all neighboring countries of Afghanistan have been concerned with the spread of contagious political diseases since the fall of Kabul to the Taleban.
Gentleman: Excuse me, may I once again ask you why? Interloper: Yes dear, because Taleban's Afghanistan has become a source of political disease for its neighbors.