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Maternal mortality 'danger zone'

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In 2006, the province of Badakshan had the worst ever recorded rate of women dying in childbirth.

Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, more international aid has reached this remote area to build clinics and train midwives, but the statistics for maternal mortality remain grim.

Lyse Doucet went to Badakshan to try to find out why.

READ MORE: Battling for life in Badakshan

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