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Posted on: 28 Oct, 2010

Disfigured Afghan woman gets prosthetic nose

    LOS ANGELES — An Afghan teenager who said her nose was cut off by her husband to punish her for running away has stepped out in public for the first time with a temporary prosthetic.

    The 19-year-old woman, identified only as Aisha, gained worldwide attention when she appeared on the Aug. 9 cover of Time magazine.

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