Where a Vaccination Campaign Faces Skepticism, War and Corruption
A half-million doses arrived this month in Afghanistan, where many insist the virus isn’t real and vaccines aren’t needed. Those who want the vaccine fear that only the well-connected will receive it.
During the morning rush in Kabul on Saturday, men gather around a street food stall and drink hot milk from communal glasses that are rinsed with water in between uses.Credit.Kiana Hayeri for The New York Times
Published Feb. 23, 2021Updated March 22, 2021
KABUL, Afghanistan Afghanistan, whose citizens have largely brushed aside the coronavirus pandemic as exaggerated or an outright hoax, is now preparing to distribute its first batch of vaccines.