Afghanistan is among the top ten countries worst- affected by indoor pollution, as per the World Health Organization, with more than 95 per cent of Afghanistan’s 30 million people burning solid fuels like wood and coal in their homes, reports Reuters.
More than 54,000 Afghans die each year from diseases attributed to inhaling smoke from cooking and burning, accounting for more deaths than even the violence in the war-ridden country where, according to the United Nations, over 2,400 civilians died in conflict related violence in the first ten months of 2010.
Afghanistan's acting Minister of Public Health Dr Suraya Dalil feels that women and children are the worst affected by indoor pollution as they spend a lot of the time indoors, specially in the harsh winters.
Photo Courtesy: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
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