Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan: A Way Forward – Today, when we think of Afghanistan, a cauldron of chaos comes to mind: massive international counterinsurgency and counternarcotics operations, countless NGOs struggling to maintain neutrality and operational integrity amidst the militarization of aid and development, and the sheer deprivation of dignity suffered by the overly-occupied Afghan people, among other such indictments of the international community’s historic and present-day involvement. While these issues continually make above-the-fold headlines, today is International Women’s Day (IWD), and I wish to highlight yet another travesty in Afghanistan: maternal mortality.
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Ismailimail 