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1986/1987
The effects of war devastated medical facilities inside Afghanistan. Expert medical attention was available at the Pakistan border, but it was estimated that three out of every four of the wounded would die before reaching the border. Afghanaid set up an ambulance service to speed up travel times and provide a lifeline to the injured. Our ambulance fleet began operating along the southern Afghan border, bringing civilian victims of the war bombing to Peshawar for treatment. The number of casualties brought to medical aid increased steadily and in 1989, 1777 people reached Pakistan in Afghanaid's ambulances.
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