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Mehdiai

Mehdia

Thursday 07 February 2013

Mehdia, 4, is watched over by her Aunt at the Emergency Hospital Kabul. She'd lost part of her hand after an unexploded device she'd brought home had gone off.

  • Sediqullar

    Sediqullah

    Thursday 07 February 2013

    Sediqullah, 10, awaits surgery on his injured hands. His hands had been badly damaged when playing with a bomb fuse he'd found. Emergency Hospital, Kabul.

  • Fitting a new arm

    Fitting a New Arm

    Thursday 07 February 2013

    Fitting Atawallah's new arm at the ICRC limb-fitting centre in Kabul. A year before, while walking to school, he'd stepped on a landmine, losing an arm and leg.

  • Mohammed Karim

    Mohammed Karim

    Thursday 07 February 2013

    Mohammed Karim who suffered severe abdominal injuries when his car hit over a landmine.

  • Trying his new leg

    Atawallah tries his new leg

    Thursday 07 February 2013

    Atawallah tries his new leg at the ICRC limb-fitting centre in Kabul. A year before, while walking to school, Atawallah had stepped on a landmine, losing an arm and leg.

  • With his father

    Atawallah with his father

    Thursday 07 February 2013

    Atawallah, with his father at the ICRC limb-fitting centre in Kabul. A year before, while walking to school, he'd stepped on a landmine, losing an arm and leg.

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