Surviving loss in Afghanistan The woman caring for 40 orphans
By AFP
22 June 2019 |
6:30 am
In Kot district in Nangarhar province in Afghanistan, 70-year-old grandmother Niaz Bibi lost three sons and three grandsons in two separate attacks by the Islamic State group, which has a growing footprint in the region. Now Bibi is left taking care of their surviving offspring -- about 40 orphans in total.
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