Afghanistan, April 8 -- More than 5 million women and girls in Afghanistan have received health and psychosocial support with backing from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Kingdom, the agency said on Tuesday.
UNFPA said the assistance was delivered across all 34 provinces between 2023 and 2026, helping women and girls access maternal care, reproductive health services and mental health support in a country where the health system remains under heavy strain.
The support comes as Afghan women and girls continue to face major obstacles in reaching care, especially in rural and conservative areas where long travel distances, funding shortages and restrictions on women's mobility have sharply limited access.
In remote...