U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers patrol during Operation Nightmare in Nowzad in Afghanistan's Helmand province, June 6, 2013. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kowshon Ye
Afghan National Army Counts Cost Of War -- BBC
Kabul's 400-bed hospital has treated the wounded from Afghanistan's wars for 30 years since it was built during the Soviet occupation.
Its sunlit wards, overlooking a small park, are now filled with men wounded in fighting against the Taliban.
Nasir Ahmed had both his legs amputated high in the thigh. He received these appalling injuries in Kandahar, stepping on a mine after he followed other soldiers jumping over a wall.
He has not been able to walk with the only prosthetic limbs available here, so will be flown to Turkey for further treatment. His morale remains high. He was engaged before he was wounded, and said his fiancee still wants to get married.
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