Forced to give birth at a hospital door for not having a male companion: Taliban edicts endanger the lives of Afghan women

Mariam finished her midwifery studies in 2021, just as the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan, but she wasn’t even able to receive her certificate. “They wouldn’t allow us students to receive our diplomas at a graduation ceremony. They left us out of the picture. And that’s still the case today,” she explains to this newspaper. Mariam, who prefers to use a pseudonym for this interview, has also been unable to practice a single day due to the edicts issued by the de facto authorities, despite the urgent need for midwives in her country.

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