Daily Mail (UK): Information about and access to contraception in Afghanistan has been hampered by years of conflict, widespread poverty and a lack of education, as well as active discouragement from some hardline religious figures who claim it is “haram” — forbidden by Allah. “We definitely have problems in Afghanistan. The biggest one about contraception is that there is no information on family planning,” explains Doctor Rahmatudine Bashardost, MSI programme manager for Balkh province, of which Mazar is the capital. Click here to read more (external link).