Afghan infant dies after US heart surgery

AN AFGHAN infant taken to the US for critical heart surgery died yesterday, two days after his joyous homecoming.

Afghan infant dies after US heart surgery

Army medics said 16-month-old Qudratullah Wardak’s repaired heart had likely given out, as his father tried in vain to comfort him in a muddy refugee camp close to a US base in the Afghan capital.

The boy had been treated at a children’s hospital in Indianapolis after Indiana National Guard soldiers and the Rotary Club organisation learned of his dangerous condition.

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