Two attacks, one on a maternity hospital in Kabul, and another on a funeral in Nangarhar, have left many Afghans in shock. The Taliban has denied responsibility. ISIS has claimed the Nangarhar attack but not the maternity hospital. What is clear, Afghans say, is that their country is far from peace and reconciliation. That’s something that the United States has been pushing for since the start of the year. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.
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