Rabies fear as stray dogs roam Kabul

Hundreds of rabid dogs are roaming the streets of Afghanistan’s war-wounded capital, a Taliban official said today but there is no vaccine for the three or four people who report to hospitals with dog bites every day.

Hundreds of rabid dogs are roaming the streets of Afghanistan’s war-wounded capital, a Taliban official said today but there is no vaccine for the three or four people who report to hospitals with dog bites every day.

Most of them are children who try to play with the dogs, said Health Minister Mullah Abbas Akhund.

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