The NATO hospital at Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan is among the most advanced treatment facilities to ever operate in a war zone. Its job is to do whatever it takes to save the war’s worst casualties.
The NATO hospital at Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan is among the most advanced treatment facilities to ever operate in a war zone. Its job is to do whatever it takes to save the war’s worst casualties.
Improvised explosives riddle the body with so much debris that surgeons at Kandahar’s NATO hospital often spend hours scrubbing the wounds clean. It’s a job they’ve grown accustomed to performing — and one they have to get…
At Kandahar’s NATO hospital, days are filled with treating the wounded and mourning the dead. In their few quiet moments, the staff seek solace and distraction.
