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'When we tell them pregnancies require regular medical checkups, they scoff': Afghan women's health is put at risk by the Taliban

'Voices of Afghan Women' (4/6). Only women can care for women, yet Afghanistan is no longer training female doctors, nurses, or midwives. As a result, women's access to healthcare is becoming increasingly difficult, sometimes with tragic consequences, and undermines their mental health, as they told our special correspondent in Kabul.

'When we tell them pregnancies require regular medical checkups, they scoff': Afghan women's health is put at risk by the Taliban

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