88 Afghan refugees infected with AIDS

Sources from Health department have informed that Pakistan and Afghanistan’s authorities have been known to have evolved a joint strategy to detect and prevent AIDS among Afghan refugees.According to the strategy, Afghan refugees infected with the disease through the use of contaminated injections would be identified, admitted and treated to a center set up at Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar.The infected 88 Afghan refugees, residing at Hayatabad, Thakal, Zaryab colony, Faqirabad and other have preferred being treated in Pakistan, rather than in their Afghanistan.Those infected are aged between 25-45 years and include both registered and unregistered Afghan nationals.