TO GO WITH 'Afghanistan-conflict-women-health', FOCUS by Elise Blanchard
In this picture taken on March 28, 2021, Farzana, who fled her village in Helmand province when it was taken over by the Taliban, waits to see a doctor at a mobile clinic for women and children set up at the residence of a local elder in Yarmuhamad village, near Lashkar Gah in Helmand province. - Since the drawdown of foreign forces began in Afghanistan -- now all but complete -- and a subsequent escalation of Taliban violence, there have been signs that already limited maternity care could be even further restricted, as thousands of women are displaced and roads become increasingly dangerous. (Photo by Elise BLANCHARD / AFP) / TO GO WITH 'Afghanistan-conflict-women-health', FOCUS by Elise Blanchard