At Least 23 Civilians Died This Morning After Rockets Hit a Crowded Market in the Sangin District
The explosion damaged our First Aid Post, which is located approximately 200 metres away.
AFGHANISTAN: Rockets Hit Sangin Market, At Least 23 Dead
The bombing in Sangin comes after weeks of renewed violence while the country waits for peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government to begin.
World Refugee Day 2020
#WorldRefugeeDay - today and every day until borders, hearts and minds are opened to those fleeing from conflict and persecution.
AFGHANISTAN: BOMB IN KABUL MOSQUE, EMERGENCY ADMITS SEVEN PATIENTS EMERGENCY: “LITTLE CHANGE DESPITE PEACE AGREEMENTS”
EMERGENCY has been present in Kabul since 2001 with a Surgical Centre providing treatment to war victims.
“Today a Complex Attack Occured in Maternity Hospital in Kabul City”
another horrific attack, this time on the maternity ward of a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) -affiliated hospital
Hospital Under Attack in Afghanistan. EMERGENCY: “We have Received Patients Wounded in the Attack. We Stand with Our Colleagues”
"There was an explosion at the entrance and armed men raided the hospital”, says Marco Puntin. “Violence surrounds you in Afghanistan. This is the reality.”
The Roses are Blossoming in Anabah
Monika is the Medical Coordinator of our Anabah Maternity Centre, in Afghanistan. She is also a mother, and today she wanted to share this letter with us.
International Day of the Midwife 2020
Thank you to them and all midwives around the world for everything you do.