Kabul, Dec 10, 2025 (AFP) - Abortion in Afghanistan: 'My mother crushed my stomach with a stone'

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When Bahara was four months pregnant, she went to a Kabul hospital to beg for an abortion. "We're not allowed," a doctor told her. "If someone finds out, we will all end up in prison." Abortion in Afghanistan is illegal and you can be locked up for having or assisting one. But Bahara was desperate. Her jobless husband had ordered her to "find a solution" -- he did not want a fifth daughter. "We can barely afford to feed" the girls as it is, Baha......

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