Hekmatullah Shamim, the spokesman of the governor of Parwan, says that more than 500 people in the province have fallen ill with an unknown infectious disease.
According to Shamim, in the last four days, more than 500 residents of Dara Kashfan area in Shinwar district of Parwan have been infected with the disease and the number is rising.
According to local officials, two people have died due to this disease and 50 others are in a critical condition.
Shamim added that health teams have reached the area worst affected and blood samples of infected people have been taken.
The governor’s spokesman in Parwan quoted the public health directorate as saying symptoms of the disease are “physical disability, severe muscle pain, severe diarrhoea and severe fever”.
No further details were provided.