Marzia has dedicated the past decade to treating some of Kabul¡¯s poorest women, but the midwife has now packed up her stethoscope along with a few precious photos, ahead of leaving Afghanistan with her husband and son.
The health worker is part of a major brain drain of professional women ¡ª entrepreneurs, lawyers, scientists, journalists and more ¡ª that many predict will set the country back decades.
¡°I am not leaving happily, but with a broken heart,¡± she said.
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