International charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says giving birth is a life-or-death struggle for women in Afghanistan, where roughly one mother is believed to die every two hours from preventable pregnancy and childbirth complications. But the Ministry of…
Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders (MSF), says it treated 1,061 malnourished children in southern Helmand province in the past four months, showing a 16.5 percent increase over last year. “MSF teams in Lashkargah (Hemand’s…
The ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ (IEA) recent decision to stop women from working in the International None-Governmental Organisations (INGO) will hit vulnerable groups the hardest such as female patients and children, according to a statement from the Doctors…
Doctor Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has completed a five-week emergency earthquake response in Afghanistan, according to a statement on Saturday. Dr. Taufeeq, part of MSF’s earthquake intervention team, said in a statement on…
The Taliban say a team of Doctors Without Borders has arrived in in southern Kandahar province to provide medical assistance to the needy people. Ahmadullah Wasiq, Taliban’s deputy spokesman, made the announcement on his Twitter account on Thursday.…
The healthcare system in Afghanistan is ill-adapted to the challenges faced by the Afghan people, the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said in a report on Tuesday. The report “Continued Struggle to Access Medical Care in…
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said it would continue equipping and providing medicine to Dasht-i-Barchi Maternity Ward in Kabul and would launch work in the Covid-19 Treatment Center of western Herat province in near future. According to a…
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said it would continue equipping and providing medicine to Dasht-i-Barchi Maternity Ward in Kabul and would launch work in the Covid-19 Treatment Center of western Herat province in near future. According to a…
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has ended activities and withdrew from Dasht-e-Barchi in Kabul, following the brutal attack of 12 May, according to a statement on Monday. Sixteen mothers were systematically shot dead alongside a midwife working for the…
Assessments revealed that 15 mothers were killed in a vicious attack on the Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MSF)-run maternity wing at Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul. The organization said on Friday that five of the slain women were in labour…
KABUL have a crucial role to play in battling COVID-19 and must be at the forefront of our collective response to this virus, a statement from Médecins Sans Frontière (MSF) says on Sunday. With a healthcare system that has…
KABUL continues to deteriorate, says an international humanitarian organisation. The head of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) -- also known as Doctors Without Borders -- said in an interview they were concerned over the worsening situation. Dojen Besselink, the head of…
The Doctors Without Borders organization says it plans to open a maternity clinic in the Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province in near future. Winston Mulanda K, the organization’s medical affairs in-charge in Afghanistan, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders on Saturday resumed operating a small clinic in northern Kunduz after suspending its activities about two years ago. The clinic is the first being run by MSF since American airstrikes…
Reporters Sans Fronteres (RSF) or Reporters without Borders has urged NATO, Afghan government and the European Union (EU) to do everything possible to protect journalists and media freedom in Afghanistan. In a statement the organisation asked the world as long…
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on Monday once again demanded complete assurances on the protected status of medical care from the US forces, the Afghan government and militants before resuming work in northern Kunduz province. At least 42 people,…
Human Rights Watch strongly criticised US administrative punishments for 11 military personnel involved in airstrikes on Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in northern Kunduz province and called it “injustice and insult” to victim families. On October 3, 2015,…
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Thursday rejected findings of an internal US military inquiry into the Oct. 3 airstrike on its trauma centre in northern Kunduz province. “MSF reiterates its call for an independent and impartial investigation into…
The Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) -- also known as Doctors Without Borders -- on Tuesday said it could not reopen its hospital in northern Kunduz province. On October 3, 30 people including a dozen MSF staff and…
KABUL consent to proceed with the independent investigation into the US aerial attack on its hospital in northern Kunduz province The US launched airstrikes on the hospital in Kunduz City during the Afghan army's operation to take the town back…
President Barack Obama on Wednesday apologised to the medical charity Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) after a US airstrike bombed its hospital in northern Kunduz province, the White House said. The air strike on the MSF-run trauma…
