Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan: Qamar's Story
An Afghan woman in a burqa, at left, glances at the dead body of Qamar, a 26-year-old tuberculosis patient who died of complications two weeks after the delivery, as relatives and volunteers carry the body on foot for 10 km due to road closures to her village in Shohada district in Badakshan province, Afghanistan, Monday, May 21, 2007.
