Afghanistan: “They came to kill the mothers” in Kabul maternity hospital attack
May 14, 2020In the days following the attack on the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, it has become clear that what happened on 12 May was a deliberate assault on a maternity hospital with the purpose of killing mothers in cold...
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Afghanistan: Revolting attack on maternity ward kills pregnant women and babies
May 13, 2020KABUL – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is devastated after yesterday’s sickening attack on pregnant women, mothers and their babies at our maternity ward in Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. While pregnant women and babies, in one of life’s most...
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Afghanistan
February 13, 2019MSF in South Asia: Projects in South Asia Access campaign Connect with us What we do MSF focuses on emergency, paediatric, and maternal healthcare in Afghanistan, which has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.We work in...
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Afghanistan: “Humanitarian Needs Will Only Grow”
August 30, 2013Is the security situation deteriorating in Afghanistan? Afghanistan is a country still very much at war. Right now, it is the middle of the annual spring offensive, known as the “fighting season.” The wave of attacks in Kabul in June...
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“Without Freedom I Cannot Dream”: An Afghan Refugee in Greece
June 22, 2013Greece has become one of the main entry points for migrants and refugees trying to reach Europe in hopes of finding a better future. The already-limited response to the medical and humanitarian needs of these people has been adversely impacted...
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