A really disturbing picture from the cover of the latest 'Time' magazine...

This is Aisha, a 19-year-old Afghan woman who was sentenced by the Taliban to have her nose and ears cut off for running away from home because of abusive in-laws...the torture was carried out by her husband and his brother in nearby mountains and she was left to die, but she survived....(she was 18 at the time).
She's obviously a very pretty young woman and hopefully she will get reconstructive work done with the help of Time magazine....
It really is amazing what can still happen in some parts of the world in 2010...


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