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Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity hospital specialising in complicated cases, fearing a fate all too common among pregnant Afghan women -- her death or her child's.Terje Watterdal, country director for the non-profit Norwegian Afghanistan Committee (NAC), said they saw 5,000 maternal deaths per 100,000 births in remote parts of Afghanistan.

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): At least one person has been killed and 20 others have been injured in a clash between two tribes in southeastern Khost

According WHO figures 638 women die in Afghanistan for every 100,000 viable births

A disabled mason, whose five sons have grabbed first positions in different school grades in southeastern Khost province, wants the government to pay attention to the education sector to ensure Afghanistan’s self-sufficiency.

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Women and girls are facing an increasingly dire situation in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai and Afghan activists slam the global community for merely paying lip service to women's rights.

A disabled mason, whose five sons have grabbed first positions in different school grades in southeastern Khost province, wants the government to pay attention to the education sector to ensure Afghanistan’s self-sufficiency.

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): The Commission for Prevention of Land Grabbing says it has freed 25,000 acres of state land from illegal occupants during the .

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Fish farms owners in southeastern Khost province have said their farming business was on the brink of collapse due to government negligence

A growing number of people in Afghanistan are unable to find work, which in turn has severely impacted their purchasing power.