Recent US aid cuts to Afghanistan, particularly in healthcare, are having severe consequences for women and children, despite official US claims that no deaths have resulted.
Reports from the ground and warnings from the United Nations highlight that millions of Afghan women may lose access to essential maternal health services. Hospitals are seeing increased infant mortality and worsening malnutrition, with healthcare workers struggling to provide care amid dwindling resources. The cuts threaten to strip up to nine million women of life-saving maternity care, raising fears of a humanitarian crisis.
The situation underscores the critical role of foreign aid in supporting Afghanistan's fragile healthcare system.
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