A sign in Tagab advertises a doctor's services of obstetrics and ultrasound. (photo by Miwand Sapaiy)

False midwife claims blamed in mother, child deaths

By Aresh Kabul Tagab District, Kapisa Province - Malik Amrullah is a former mujahideen commander who led some 200 fighters against the Soviets under the occupation. About a year ago, his wife, Zinab, was carrying his ninth child. Complications ...

Abdul Rahim Safa, who is blind, says he paid money to a local NGO in Mazar-e-Sharif for promises of land that have gone unfulfilled.

Fraud allegations dog disabled project in Mazar

By Jawed Bakhtari Mazar-e-Sharif – Shafiqa, an 18-year-old beggar at the Hazrat Ali shrine, has a well-worn slip of paper to prove her claim to a plot of land in a new community in this northern Afghan city, established ...

Bearing Witness

Afghan Witness Project

This video documentary series explores the events that have shaped modern Afghanistan through exclusive interviews with both the victims who lived through the country’s upheavals and those who perpetrated the crimes that defined these darkest periods. Working with the ...