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.

How a wounded soldier got a new face, new confidence _ and what he wanted most: anonymity

SAN ANTONIO — His first glimpse in the mirror was largely a blur.

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