Afghanistans dying mothers on November 1, 2008Today in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, for every 100,000 births, 6,500 young mothers die. This is a world record, unrivalled anywhere. In other parts of Afghanistan, too, the rates of maternal mortality continue to be among the highest in the world.Roughly 75 percent of Afghan newborns that die do so because of lack of food, warmth, and […]