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After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

KABUL, Afghanistan – For 49 years, a traumatic childbirth injury left Noorjahan living in the shadows. A prolonged,…

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After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

KABUL, Afghanistan – For 49 years, a traumatic childbirth injury left Noorjahan living in the shadows. A prolonged,…

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With a midwife’s help, quadruplets are safely delivered in remote Afghanistan

BALAKOH, Afghanistan It was midnight in the remote Afghan village of Balakoh,…

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With a midwife’s help, quadruplets are safely delivered in remote Afghanistan

BALAKOH, Afghanistan It was midnight in the remote Afghan village of Balakoh,…

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Acceptance of family planning grows in Afghanistan, but myths linger

HERAT, Afghanistan – "It is better to have one child rather than many, so you can give your child…

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Acceptance of family planning grows in Afghanistan, but myths linger

HERAT, Afghanistan – "It is better to have one child rather than many, so you can give your child…

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Phone line answers burning questions of Afghan youth

KABUL, Afghanistan – "We had a case where one of the callers, a girl, was pregnant, and when she…

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Phone line answers burning questions of Afghan youth

KABUL, Afghanistan – "We had a case where one of the callers, a girl, was pregnant, and when she…

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Snatched from her home, an Afghan girl's road to recovery

KABUL, Afghanistan – “They told me that my mother had sold me to them,” Zarmina* said of her…

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Snatched from her home, an Afghan girl's road to recovery

KABUL, Afghanistan – “They told me that my mother had sold me to them,” Zarmina* said of her…

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