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Concern over deaths linked to pregnancy in Afghanistan

February 04, 2010 | Irish Times new window By KITTY HOLLAND

The death rate among women and girls in Afghanistan due to pregnancy and childbirth is like a "silent tsunami", an Oireachtas committee was told yesterday.

Dr Shinkai Zahin Karokhail, an Afghan MP, addressed the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, urging members to press the Government and the EU to direct aid towards non-military and women's organisations in Afghanistan...

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