Four major blasts in Kabul and Logar provinces increased the number of casualties during August.
WHO continues to support mass casualty management preparedness and response in high-risk provinces through training medical officers from high-risk districts on stabilization of trauma and basic life support.
Outbreaks of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, rabies, measles and diarrhoeal diseases continue to be reported as the most common communicable diseases in August 2015.