Malalay Ahmadzai, the mother and child healthcare specialist for UNICEF in Cambodia, says both conditions require rapid treatment in the case of blood loss a woman can die within a few hours.

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Ahmadzai says other factors play a part,too.

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Ali Shah Ahmadzai, who oversees the ALP program at the Ministry of Interior in Kabul.

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Meanwhile, for Sabra Ahmadzai this is a battle that must be fought - even if it takes many years.

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For " Music, " she chose to work with producers William Orbit and the French artist Mirwais Ahmadzai.

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