Access to health care under threat in Afghanistan

Attacks on hospitals and high numbers of COVID-19 cases among health workers could hamper access to health care. Sharmila Devi reports. Millions of people are at risk from rising violence in Afghanistan including attacks on health-care facilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned on June 17. An assault by gunmen on the Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul on May 12 that killed 24 people, including...