Sacramento Bee: Afghan infant mortality still high

"In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 photo, Falangnaz Mohammed stands next to her son, Shadgham, who suffers from lung problems, as he lies on a bed made from a desk after all of the other beds were occupied at Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan, one of the world's least-developed nations in the world, has an infant mortality rate of 129 deaths per 1,000 births; Afghan children die before reaching 5 at a rate of 191 for every 1,000 births."

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Despite billions in international aid, Afghanistan remains one of the poorest nations in the world. Its high infant mortality rate is evidence that life remains hard for the Afghan people from the moment of birth.