At least 422 health facilities in Afghanistan have suspended services this year because of aid cuts, leaving more than 3 million people without care, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said in a new report warning of growing risks from shrinking international assistance.
The burden, the group said, has fallen most heavily on impoverished women. Afghanistan remains one of the world’s deadliest countries to give birth, with a woman dying of preventable complications every two hours.
