Four months and 15 surgeries after she was burned by white phosphorous, Afghan girl goes home

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — A nurse fixed a black wig on Razia’s scarred and disfigured scalp before the 8-year-old took off around the emergency room to bid farewell to the staff who cared for her after white phosphorous scorched her head, face, neck and hands.

Scarred by white phosphorus, Afghan girl claws from death’s edge at US military hospital

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — The American military doctors watched in horror as the oxygen mask on the young Afghan girl’s face started to melt.