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Factors associated with sleep quality among Afghan healthcare workers

Health Science Reports
Background and Aims Sleep is a complex physiological process during which the body and mind enter a period of rest. For a healthy lifestyle, different cohort groups can be affected in different ways.
Ahmad Shoaib Haidarzada, Ahmad Neyazi, Bijaya K. Padhi, Nosaibah Razaqi, Habibah Afzali, Raz Mohammad Tabib, Mahsa Ahmadi, Mehrab Neyazi, Mark D. Griffiths   +8 more
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Multi‐Stage Shallow Rupture and Pre‐Event Shallow Deformation During the 2025 Mw 5.9 Asadabad Earthquake (Afghanistan)

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 9, 16 May 2026.
Abstract The 31 August 2025 Mw 5.9 Asadabad earthquake in eastern Afghanistan caused severe damage despite its moderate magnitude, raising questions about rupture processes and seismic hazard in the southern Hindu Kush. Using Sentinel‐1 InSAR and teleseismic waveform modeling, we reveal a complex, multi‐stage shallow (4–5 km) rupture involving the ...
Ping He, Timothy J. Craig, Yangmao Wen, Huihui Weng, Kefeng He, Caijun Xu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grammarly deployment (in)efficacy within EFL academic writing classrooms: an attitudinal report from Afghanistan

Cogent Education, 2022
Automated writing evaluation (AWE) programs have been widely utilized in writing classrooms and have been increasing gradually, yet teachers’ and students’ attitudes in relation to AWE, Grammarly, have still remained uncharted in Afghanistan. The current
Rohullah Yousofi
doaj   +1 more source

Income, Subjective Well‐Being, and Violence in Afghanistan: Evidence From a Nationwide Survey

Review of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 894-928, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between household income and subjective well‐being (SWB) in Afghanistan, emphasizing how fear of insecurity and experiences of violence moderate this association. Drawing on a comprehensive nationwide survey conducted by the Asia Foundation from 2016 to 2021 across 34 provinces, we analyze repeated cross ...
Mohammad Haroon Asadi, Mohammad Reza Farzanegan   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Paleo‐Tethys Suture Zone in the Afghan Hindu Kush‒Pamir: Geo‐Thermochronology, Geochemistry, Tectonics

Tectonics, Volume 45, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract In the Afghan Hindu Kush, the 223–209 Ma (≤800°C) Salang batholith is part of the Silk‐Road magmatic arc that was built on ∼40‐km‐thick Turan‐Karakum block continental crust. The batholith constitutes the hanging wall of the Herat‐Panjshir‐Badakhshan—the Paleo‐Tethys—suture zone, vestige of the subducted Paleozoic‐early Mesozoic Paleo‐Tethys ...
Lothar Ratschbacher, Said Amin Hashimy, Hasan Malistani, Yasuhito Osanai, Jianhua Li, Zhao Yang, Bradley R. Hacker, Leander Franz, Hadi Karimi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hypertension among adult population of Herat city of Afghanistan: A cross-sectional study

Razi International Medical Journal, 2023
Background: Hypertension as a major health problem around the world which is responsible for 7.5 million or 12.8% of all deaths yearly around the world. To date, there is a scarcity of data concerning prevalence and risk factors of hypertension in Herat ...
Laleh Sahadat, Rafea Khatibi, Marjan Shayiq, Shiwa Omidwar, Sadaf Wali, Ghulam Dawood Hashemi   +5 more
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Knowledge, and practice of women on breast cancer in Herat, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional study

Razi International Medical Journal, 2023
Background: Breast cancer prevalence is observed to be higher in developed economies, but the mortality rates due to the said disease tend to be similar or even higher among lower-income countries. Afghanistan is among these countries where breast cancer mortality has been predominant among the female population.
Fariba Baha, Goodness Ogeyi Odey, Marjan Yousufi, Yasir Ahmed Mohammed Elhadi, Adina Rahmani, Elhama Noorzad, Farooq Ahmad Siddiqy, Paolo Miguel Manalang Vicerra, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III   +8 more
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Gastrointestinal Parasite Infections in Sheep from Torghondi, Islam Qala, and the Herat Slaughterhouse

Jurnal Medik Veteriner
Gastrointestinal parasites (GIPs) pose significant health and productivity challenges to livestock, especially in regions with limited veterinary care and extensive farming practices.
Nazir Ahmad Tookhy, Dung Thi Bui, Esmatullah Haidari, Shoaib Ahmad Shakhes, Zabihullah Nasiry, Noor Ali Mohmand, Abdul Qader Pooyan, Mohammad Aman Haqmal   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

DECEPTIVE SANCTITY: The Geopolitics of Shrines and Concealed Antiquities in Afghanistan

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 82-106, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores a widely circulated legend in Afghanistan in which foreigners are believed to create shrines to conceal buried antiquities. It represents one of several narratives in which locals express mistrust of foreign motivations and geopolitical deception.
SHAMIM HOMAYUN
wiley   +1 more source

Severe Late‐Onset Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding Presenting With Subdural Hematoma and Seizures in a 4‐Month‐Old Infant: A Case Report From a Resource‐Limited Setting

Case Reports in Pediatrics, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Background Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) remains a preventable cause of severe hemorrhage in early infancy. Late‐onset VKDB (2 weeks–6 months) most commonly presents with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and can result in death or long‐term neurological sequelae.
Seyed Abdul Ahad Wadoodi, Mohammad Masudi, Ali Rahimi, Abdul Qasim Rahimi, Nasar Ahmad Shayan, Baisakhi Banerjee   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source