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TOPSHOT - In this photograph taken on December 8, 2023, Afghan women sit beside their newborns at the Doctors Without Borders (MSF)-run maternity hospital in Khost. The average woman has six children in Afghanistan, but multiple pregnancies, repeated caesarean sections or abortions increase the risk of death. The MSF-run facility delivers 20,000 babies a year, nearly half those born in the province, and it only takes on high-risk and complicated pregnancies, many of which haven't had any check-ups. (Photo by Kobra Akbari / AFP) / To go with Afghanistan-women-health-poverty, FOCUS by Aysha Safi and Pascale Trouillaud (KEYSTONE/AFP/KOBRA AKBARI)