'More patients and fewer doctors': The struggle for maternity care in Afghanistan

Home Afghanistan To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: Health difficulties for Afghan women © france 24 02:52 Issued on: 02/11/2026 - 12:48 Afghanistan has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Experts say on average, a woman dies every two hours from complications during childbirth. The problem has become more accute since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, with access to healthcare for Afghan women becoming increasingly difficult. FRANCE 24's team reports from on the ground. Keywords for this article Video content Video Europe Video content Video Afghanistan Video content Video Afghanistan Video content Video Afghanistan Video content Video Afghanistan Video content Video Afghanistan Video content Video Afghanistan Video content Video Afghanistan Video content Video Afghanistan