The Perils of Childbirth in Afghanistan

Despite a long and complicated delivery, Hamina, 22, was able to give birth to a son at the hospital in Faizabad.
Photographs by Alixandra Fazzina / Trolley Books

Happy Ending
Despite a long and complicated delivery, Hamina, 22, was able to give birth to a son at the hospital in Faizabad.

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