Military Hospitals Treat Soldiers And Civilians Alike In Kandahar

American Army doctor Lt. Col. Barry Steinberg of Jacksonville, Florida (L) chats with burn patient Abdul Rahman, 13, while an Afghan Army doctor looks on at Kandahar Regional Military Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Six months ago, Abdul Rahman's clothes were soaked with gasoline after a long day working in a fuel station to make extra money in rural Afghanistan, and they caught fire, burning him so badly his skin melted and his chin fused to his chest when it scarred over. Abdul Rahman's father had no money for doctors for his son and treated him at home, spreading butter on his burns every night. Several weeks ago he trekked with his son to Kandahar looking for treatment, and eventually ended up at the American-funded Afghan Army military hospital in Kandahar. Afghan medics under supervision of Lt. Col.Steinberg separated the Abdul Rahman's chin from his chest in a series of surgeries, and while his burns need daily treatment he's expected to fully recover. "These people have been very kind," Abdul Rahman's father, Abdul Fatah, says.

Bodies Of US Army Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan Return Home Via Dover AFB

U.S. Air Force Colonel Robert Edmondson, U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Dailey, Maj. Gen. David Perkins and Lt. Gen. David Huntoon salute as soldiers carry the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Sergeant Vernon W. Martin of Savannah, Georgia, out of a C-17 during a dignified transfer on the tarmac at Dover Air Force Base October 6, 2009 in Dover, Delaware. A member of the 4th Brigade Combat Team stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, Sergeant Martin is one of eight U.S. soldiers killed on Saturday when about 300 insurgents mounted a bold daylight attack on a pair of remote American military bases in the Kamdesh District of Nuristan Province, near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. It was the heaviest U.S. loss of life in a single battle since July 2008.