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South African photographer Jodi Bieber has clinched the 2010 World Press Photo award for her haunting portrait of a brutally mutilated Afghan girl.

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People.com: Time's Disfigured Cover Girl Gets Some Justiceupdated: Thu Dec 09 2010 08:34:00

Bibi Aisha's father-in-law is arrested in Afghanistan for cutting off her nose and ears

Maimed Afghan woman a reminder of what's at stakeupdated: Tue Aug 17 2010 10:20:00

The story of a young woman maimed by the Taliban has captured the nation's attention. Her name is Bibi Aisha, and her nose and ears were cut off by her husband and his family as punishment for the crime of attempting to escape a life of domestic battery and abuse.

Afghan woman whose nose, ears cut off travels to U.S.updated: Wed Aug 04 2010 15:16:00

Bibi Aisha, a young Afghan wife whose ears and nose were cut off by her husband, is heading to the United States on Wednesday for reconstructive surgery.

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