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After decades of trauma, Palestinians have high rates of depression, PTSD, and more. Youth are particularly at risk.
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View as a gridIn War-Torn Ukraine, a Doctor Evacuates Children with Cancer
Scientific American
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A pediatric oncologist is racing against time to send scores of sick children out of Ukraine for medical aid.
A Rare Glimpse into Afghanistan's Spectacular, Vanishing Forests
Scientific American
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Afghanistan's rare and majestic woodlands can't shake the echoes of war, desperation and poverty.
A Gauntlet of Hardship: Health Care in Afghanistan
UNDARK
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Ill-equipped and understaffed, Afghanistan's health workers - and the patients they treat - make the best of what they have. It's often not much.
Meet the Afghan Women Taking Their Country Back-One Land Mine at a Time
Foreign Policy Magazine
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As she combed through the red soil of her native Bamiyan province this August, 22-year-old Layegha Marfat felt her demining probe knock against something metallic. She carefully set down her tools and began to unearth a corner of the dinner plate-sized object by hand. It's innocuous to the untrained eye, but Marfat immediately recognized the danger.
Afghan athletes bag 12 medals despite obstacles
The National
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Sadam Chakari still remembers the days when the Taliban banned most sports in Afghanistan. He learnt his first martial art at the age of eight in the basement of a friend's house. "A few friends and I set up an underground Taekwondo club in Kabul," recalls the 24-year-old, who competes in Sambo, a Soviet-style martial art.
Afghanistan battles polio: Rumours, mistrust, and negotiating with the Taliban
thenewhumanitarian.org
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Behind an iron gate in a mud-brick home in southern Afghanistan, one of the country's newest polio patients is still learning how to walk. Three-year-old Farid Ahmad teeters forward, his uncle hovering closely behind.
Afghanistan: Where home is a battlefield
thenewhumanitarian.org
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After two decades in Pakistan, 35-year-old Durkhane is finally back in her native Afghanistan - but she has nowhere to go. Sitting on a plastic chair here at a UN-run reception centre in the dusty border town of Spin Boldak in Kandahar Province, Durkhane is among almost one million Afghans who have returned from Pakistan over the last three years.
In Afghanistan, a bus brings joy of reading to children
The National
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It is a city where the sound of bombs is part of growing up, recently becoming the epicentre of the violence that plagues Afghanistan. In western Kabul, however, a big blue bus is bringing joy to some of the capital's younger generation.
Hamid Karzai Has Nothing Good To Say About America
Foreign Policy Magazine
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KABUL - Hamid Karzai still hasn't forgiven the nation that put him in power. "When the U.S. brings more planes, who are they going to bomb? Our villages and our homes," he told Foreign Policy in his first interview since the Trump administration announced its new strategy for Afghanistan, a hint of anger breaking through his usually diplomatic demeanor.
In Ukraine, a Long Road to Rebuild the Scientific Community
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A year after scientific academies called for rebuilding the country's intellectual infrastructure, not much has changed.
Keeping the Lights On at Ukraine's Research Nuclear Reactor
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More than a year after Russian rockets damaged the home of Ukraine's premier neutron source reactor, repairs are still underway.
In Ukraine, Grain Shortages Reverberate Beyond Borders
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On-the-ground reporting confirms a landmark study: Extensive wartime damage to Ukraine's crucial agricultural sector.