Aisha’s Journey: A Beacon of Light for Young Mothers in Afghanistan

Aisha’s Journey: A Beacon of Light for Young Mothers in Afghanistan

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Aisha’s Journey: A Beacon of Light for Young Mothers in AfghanistanWearing a black veil over her slight frame, 18-year-old Aisha waits patiently to see a doctor. She and her husband, Mahfouz, drove for three days along makeshift roads etched into mountainsides to get emergency medical treatment at the Faizabad Provincial Hospital in Badakhshan, before the fierce winter weather made the trip impossible.

She is pregnant and unable to walk. She fears she will lose her baby.

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