Shahgul’s Story of Unbelievable Heartache Report filed by RAWA based on an interview with the subject, July 2003 My name is Shahgul and I am 50 years old. I am from Ghazni Province. My husband’s name was Muhammad Bakhsh and he served as an army officer. Many years ago we moved to Kabul and weRead More…

Report by RAWA. July 2003. Nine-year-old Arezo, the daughter of Haleema and Raqeeb, comes from one of the poorest families of Farah province. She was one of our patients in the month of July. The doctors, after checking her in Farah, had found that she was suffering from a serious case of meningitis, with aRead More…

By Dr. Anne Brodsky July 2003 Little Ghatol* was only two days old when her mother realized that something was wrong, but it took two more days to convince the men in the family that she needed to go to the hospital, and to find her way to Malalai hospital where they diagnosed that notRead More…