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Wounded Afghan girl here for surgery, Terribly wounded by machine-gun bullets when Soviet soldiers wiped out her village two years ago. Buswaliha, 12,(...)
Wounded Afghan girl here for surgery, Terribly wounded by machine-gun bullets when Soviet soldiers wiped out her village two years ago. Buswaliha, 12,(...)

Wounded Afghan girl here for surgery, Terribly wounded by machine-gun bullets when Soviet soldiers wiped out her village two years ago. Buswaliha, 12,(...)

Date3/3/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Wounded Afghan girl here for surgery, Terribly wounded by machine-gun bullets when Soviet soldiers wiped out her village two years ago. Buswaliha, 12, arrived in Canada last night with her brother, Mamoor Shah, 28, for medical treatment. She lost her left hand during an attack that killed her parents and a younger brother. Doctors at Kingston's Hotel Dieu Hospital are donating their services to try to save her right leg.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0025941F