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U.S. Forces - Afghanistan provides medical assistance to a wounded child |
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Written by Bagram Media Center
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 |
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BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (October 8, 2008) –U.S. Forces – Afghanistan provided medical attention to a local national child who came to a Forward Operating Base in the Khogyani district of the Nangarhar province in northeastern Afghanistan.
At approximately 4:30 p.m. a child was brought to the gate of a Forward Operating Base for medical attention for a gunshot wound. It is unclear how the child was shot; however, prior to him being brought to the FOB the Afghan National Army was conducting a live-fire rifle range on the base, practicing with numerous kinds of weapons. The situation is under investigation.
U.S. Forces - Afghanistan gave immediate attention and then medically evacuated him to a hospital where he was treated and then released.
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