Dec 12, 2011
FACTBOX-Why are maternal deaths so high in Afghanistan? 12 Dec 2011 10:01, Source: Reuters // Reuters An Afghan midwife puts a newborn baby next to its mother at the Razai Foundation Maternity Hospital in Herat province November 30, 2011. Mohammad Shoib KABUL, Dec 12...
Nov 24, 2011
11/24/11 Report— Tearfund No one knows the true impact that years of war and instability have had on the mental health of people in Afghanistan. Research suggests the psychological consequences of insecurity, trauma, migration, poverty and poor education are...
Nov 23, 2011
November 23, 2011 Report— ActionAid I met Khadicha, a woman with four children and a disabled husband, in the village Khan Arigh of Murdian district, Jawzjan Province, Northern Afghanistan. We sat down together in her modest one-room traditional mud-brick house,...
Nov 18, 2011
Save the Children and Oxfam Report 18 Nov 2011 More than 2 million Afghans are at risk of hunger and many are bracing to be stranded for months without help as the country prepares for a harsh winter, Save the Children and Oxfam warned today. The agencies called for a...
Nov 15, 2011
Afghans tentatively seek a voice after 30 years of conflict 15 Nov 2011 00:40 Source: Reuters // Reuters An Afghan woman and her children walk past a destroyed building at the old part of Kabul August 3, 2011.REUTERS/Omar Sobhani By Christine Kearney MAZAR-I-SHARIF,...