“I Have Witnessed Fighting- That is All.”
Elise Blanchard, journalist and photographer for Agence France-Presse (AFP), has collected children’s stories from across Afghanistan.
Kabul: Explosions Followed by Gunfire at the Entrance to the Military Hospital
We received 21 patients, one of whom was dead on arrival.
Gino Strada’s Words in Afghanistan20 Bring Home the Enormous Costs of the Conflict in Afghanistan
In October 2001, another twenty-year chapter of the war in Afghanistan began.
There was a Doll With Blonde Hair and a Yellow Dress Above Her Bed.
There was a doll with blonde hair and a yellow dress above the bed, looking at her owner – Amina.
AFGHANISTAN20: Afghanistan Between 2001-2021 from the Perspective of Its Victims and Those Treating Them.
To produce Afghanistan20, EMERGENCY collected first-hand testimonies and analysed data relating to all war-wounded patients admitted to its three hospitals and 44 First Aid Posts over the last two decades.
He Was Hit in the Head by Shrapnel
Maidan Shahr is a town around 50km from Kabul, on the main road from the capital to Kandahar.
No More War
On 7 October 2001, the US Air Force started bombing Afghanistan. 20 years on, EMERGENCY's hospitals across the country have treated thousands of war victims. Giles Duley visited our Kabul Surgical Centre to photograph those wounded by the conflict: men, women, children - names, not numbers. EMERGENCY x Massive Attack x Legacy of War Foundation come together to deplore the human devastation caused by conflict and say: no more war. Credits 8mm film, photography…
They Threw a Rock at It, for Fun.
Nadir, 12, and his cousin Hassan, 10, were walking back to their house when a small metal object caught their attention.
Afghanistan: Taliban Reach Anabah, Panjshir Valley
EMERGENCY’S ANABAH HOSPITAL RECEIVED A SMALL NUMBER OF WOUNDED PATIENTS. During the night of Friday 3 September, Taliban forces pushed further into the Panjshir Valley, reaching the village of Anabah where EMERGENCY's Surgical Centre and Maternity Centre are located. There…
Our Work in Anabah Continues, as It Does Across Afghanistan.
EMERGENCY runs two major hospitals in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley: the Anabah Maternity Centre, and the Surgical & Paediatric Centre - providing free, high-quality healthcare to people living in the province and beyond.