Afghan Doctors Cultivate a Grim Specialty: War Wounds in Babies – Undark
Kabul’s pediatric surgeons face a perverse challenge in determining the best way to treat newborns for war wounds.
Afghan woman nurses babies of mothers murdered in Kabul hospital attack – The National
Firoza Omar was nursing her four-month-old son at her home in Kabul when she heard of reports of an attack on a maternity hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders in the Afghan capital. In one of the most brutal incidents […]
Massacre in the maternity ward – The Hindu
The terrorist attack on a Kabul hospital that killed 24 is likely to delay the intra-Afghan peace talks The journey from the cradle to the grave lasted only a few hours for some Afghan babies at the 100-bed Maternity Hospital in the […]
Why Iran Is Deporting Scores of Afghan Refugees – Foreign Policy
It had been more than three decades since 48-year-old Zahra, who asked to be identified only by her first name, left Afghanistan with her husband to escape the increasing violence that would plague her country for many years to come. […]
Afghan parents are selling their children into marriage and labour to stave off poverty – The National
As the people of the ancient western Afghan city of Herat settle in for a cold December evening, the residents of a relatively new tent settlement brace themselves for a harsh night nearby. “We own nothing, except the two tents […]
Afghan children describe boomerang immigration and deportation from Iran – The National
Bilal Mohammadi sits protectively close to his younger brother Abdul in a large crowded hall filled with loud chatter from hundreds of Afghans surrounding them. Most of the surrounding crowd at the refugee reception centre at Zero Point on the […]
Afghan children caught in the crossfire
A massive truck bomb exploded close to a school in the heart of Ghazni city in Afghanistan last Sunday, causing one of the highest child casualties reported in a single day. The explosion caused more than 100 casualties, a majority of them […]
A Very Happy Viral Video With A Sad Back Story
It’s hard to imagine a happier face. But it’s a bittersweet story. A joyful video of a 5-year-old Afghan boy, Sayeed Rehman, has gone viral. He had just been fitted with a new prosthetic leg, and he couldn’t stop dancing […]
Kabul blast leaves 23 children among 90 wounded in Afghanistan
At least 23 children are among the scores wounded after an explosion at a high-security rest and recovery compound in east Kabul killed four on Monday. At least four were killed and over 90 thought to be wounded in the […]
Afghanistan Is Trying to Save Its Child Bombers
In a room full of loud teenagers, 17-year-old Mohammad Ehsan is the quietest. (The names of the boys in this piece have been changed to protect their identities.) The other boys in this juvenile rehabilitation center in the Afghan capital […]