AFGHANISTAN Number of children born with deformities increasing http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2011/03/29/number-of-children-born-with-deformities-increasing.html

The number of children born in Afghanistan with misshapen limbs and other deformities is increasing, doctors say, with several blaming intermarriage, drug use and chemicals contained in coalition weapons. There are no exact statistics of the number of children born with disabilities, but anecdotal evidence from hospitals in Kabul and the provinces suggests it is increasing.