Terrorist attack deprives Afghan mothers a place to give birth

A mother and newborn babies, all survivors of the deadly attack on the Dasht-e-Barchi maternity wing, stay at the Ataturk Children’s Hospital in Kabul a day after the attack. — AP

As midwives in Afghanistan, we bring new life into this country under conditions more difficult than in most.

Approximately 130 million babies are born worldwide every year.