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KABUL: China has pledged to deliver 700,000 of COVID-19 vaccines to Afghanistan, Afghan health officials said, in a boost for immunization campaign which has already begun with a number of Afghans now vaccinated.According to the ministry of public health, 280,000 members of the Afghan security forces, more than 120,000 doctors and health workers and 560,000 civilians have so far been vaccinated. The vaccine is 91 percent effective for people who have already had COVID-19 – 76 percent effective for adults up to 50 years old – and 83 percent effective for people above the age of 50.The vaccine will be...