Mullahs help promote birth control in Afghanistan (AP)

An Afghan woman holds her baby inside her burqa as she walks on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP – Some mullahs in Afghanistan are distributing condoms. Others are quoting the Quran to encourage longer breaks between births. Health experts say contraception is starting to catch on in a country with the world’s second highest maternal death rate.

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