Five-year-old Kamila Gul should not have survived the landmine blast that slammed shrapnel into her, most of it to her skull.
Medical staff at Kandahar Airfield hospital call her survival a miracle.
After more than seven weeks of care following emergency surgery to remove the shrapnel from her brain, the little girl will be ready to return home within a week.
"The Taliban put the mine there. It killed my brother," her father, Fada Gul says.
The mine blast occurred on a small road near the family's farm.
"She is fine now. They take good care of her in the hospital. Thanks to all these medical staff," says Gul, seated cross-legged and barefoot on the bed beside his bandaged child, adding he's grateful to Canadians for all their efforts.
