A Filipino volunteer doctor has decided to stay in Afghanistan to help save lives amid the Taliban takeover of the country.

Evangeline Cua, a surgeon at Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Kunduz Trauma Center arrived in Afghanistan last August 1.

"We are only catering to wounded patients. So lahat ng nakita ko, biktima ng guerra --nabombahan, na-airstrike, nabaril -- yun ang mga nakikita namin (So everyone I saw was a victim of the war - bombed, (they were hit by) airstrike, shot - that's what we always see)," she said in an interview with DZMM Telaradyo.

"People need doctors in this place eh. Kung walang pupunta, wala ding tutulong. So yung organization namin, Doctors Without Borders, pumpunta kami kung saan may kinakailangan (If no one will come, no one will help them ... So our organization, Doctors Without Borders, we go where we are needed), " Cua added.

The Taliban took over Afghanistan last August 16 after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.

Cua said residents are currently having difficulties in buying food as they cannot access their money since banks remain closed.

"Hindi ka makakapagbiyahe kasi sira yung mga roads during the fighting. Armed men are everywhere. Andoon pa rin yung pangamba na baka pagtripan ka ng mga members ng mga Taliban (You cannot travel because the roads are damaged by the fighting. Armed men are everywhere. There are fearsr that members of the Taliban might beat them up," Cua said.

Cua started volunteering in Samar after Typhoon Yolanda hit the province in 2013. She later applied to become an international worker.

In 2015, Cua started going to various places for different missions, adding that her first three missions were also in Afghanistan.

She also said that Afghanistan was so far the most dangerous place she had ever been to. "First mission ko po, binomba po ng US yung hospital namin. I was doing a surgery then. Madaling araw nag-oopera ako, 42 people died inside the hospital (During my first mission, the US bombed our hospital. I was doing a surgery then. I had an operation early in the morning, 42 people died inside the hospital), Cua recalled.

The Filipina doctor said that it was a miracle that she survived the bombing. "I don't know how it happened but I survived the bombing."

Cua also said that every time she goes on a medical mission, she always prepares herself for the worst case scenario.

"I believe that there is a God who protects me. Everyday, nagdadasal ako na sana yung kaligtasan namin -- na he would protect us. Doon ako kumukuha ng lakas ng loob (I believe that there is a God who protects me. Everyday I pray for our safety - that He would protect us. That's where I take courage)."