Medical doctor and surgeon Bibi Khadija Sadat, 35, completes a C-section at the provincial hospital's maternity unit, on August 27, 2025, in Ghazni, Afghanistan. © Elise Blanchard/Getty Images Inside the Deadly Collapse of Maternity Care in Afghanistan Amid USAID cuts and Taliban restrictions, we find clinics closing, midwives disappearing, and women dying. 24 Jul 26