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Afghanistan is among the worst countries in the world for deaths in childbirth, with one woman dying every two hours, according to the U.N.

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.

Afghan women sit beside their newborns at the Doctors Without Borders (MSF)-run maternity hospital in Khost

Nurses conduct an ultrasound test for a patient at the maternity hospital in Khost

The most recent WHO figures, from 2017, showed 638 Afghan women died for every 100,000 viable births

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): To address the issue of textbooks’ shortage, a group of youth has launched a house-to-house campaign to collect books. The youth say

The Afghanistan Medical Council (AMC) said that 50% of the health sector services in the country are still substandard.

More than 2,000 cartons of poor-quality food items for children have been sent back to Pakistan from southeastern Khost province, says the Afghanistan National Standards Authority (ANSA).

The Afghanistan Medical Council (AMC) said that 50% of the health sector services in the country are still substandard.

Last week, a number of countries and global organisations announced more than $200 million in aid to Afghanistan.