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    From tech start-ups to conflict zones: My journey to becoming an Doctors Without Borders project coordinator
    Afghanistan
    From tech start-ups to conflict zones: My journey to becoming an Doctors Without Borders project coordinator
    Sarah was project coordinator at Doctors Without Borders’s Boost Hospital in the city of Lashkar Gar, Afghanistan. Here she shares her story.
    War and conflict
    Nine months in Afghanistan
    Afghanistan
    Nine months in Afghanistan
    When Mamman Mustapha joined the Doctors Without Borders team in Afghanistan, it was for a short assignment in a ‘relatively quiet’ part of the country...
    War and conflict
    Medical care in Kunduz, Afghanistan: Making it work
    Afghanistan
    Medical care in Kunduz, Afghanistan: Making it work
    Fighting in the city of Kunduz in north-eastern Afghanistan ended on 8 August. During the clashes, Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (...
    Surgery and trauma care
    War and conflict
    Afghanistan: “Treating patients is our responsibility. There’s a lot of work on our shoulders.”
    Afghanistan
    Afghanistan: “Treating patients is our responsibility. There’s a lot of work on our shoulders.”
    After months of fighting on the outskirts of Herat in Afghanistan, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, also known as the Taliban, took control of the ...
    War and conflict
    Afghanistan: Uncertainty, but still full hospitals
    Afghanistan
    Afghanistan: Uncertainty, but still full hospitals
    After the rapid transfer of power in Afghanistan there has been a big shift in the health context. Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (...
    War and conflict
    OpEd: Will we talk to the Taliban? Why not, we always have
    Afghanistan
    OpEd: Will we talk to the Taliban? Why not, we always have
    On Sunday, August 15, after months of intense fighting, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA, also known as the Taliban) entered the capital city o...
    War and conflict
    One year after the attack on Dasht-e-Barchi maternity
    Afghanistan
    One year after the attack on Dasht-e-Barchi maternity
    On 12 May 2020, the maternity ward of the Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, was attacked. Twenty-four people were killed, according to of...
    War and conflict