Shinwari, Abdullah Jan
Azami, Ahmad Gul
Article History
Received: 29 May 2025
Accepted: 25 October 2025
First Online: 26 November 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Research and Ethics Committee of Nangarhar Medical Faculty (approval number: NMF REC 012) and the Nangarhar Educational Directorate. Written informed consent was obtained from parents or school administrators prior to participant enrollment. Verbal informed consent was obtained from all the parents who were illiterate, after explaining the study purpose and procedures in their local language in the presence of a witness. All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.