FARAH: When the problems riddling Afghan society are listed - violence, insecurity, corruption, religious fundamentalism - one dominating factor is usually left out: the influence of customary law. In Afghanistan, there are three principal legal (...)
KABUL: Today in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, for every 100,000 births, 6,500 young mothers die. This is a world record, unrivaled anywhere. In other parts of Afghanistan, too, the rates of maternal mortality continue to be among the highest in the (...)