College professor Moqadasa Rasouli has many memories from when the Taliban ruled the majority of Afghanistan and enforced a strict interpretation of sharia or Islamic law. These memories are invariably the stuff of nightmares. Once, Rasouli witnessed a group of women being severely whipped
Afghanistan: One year after the massacre in a maternity ward
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Key facts about the attack on Kabul’s Dasht-e-Barchi hospital remain uncertain
One year ago, on May 12, 2020, there was a horrific attack on the maternity ward of Kabul’s Dasht-e-Barchi hospital, a facility supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). According to official sources, 24 people were killed including MSF midwife Maryam Noorzad, 16 mothers, and two children. On June 15, MSF announced its decision to withdraw from the hospital. In parallel, MSF also carried out an internal fact-finding exercise. Dr. Isabelle Defourny, MSF director of operations, explains what we discovered and some of the lessons learned.
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