YOUNG AFGHAN VICTIM OF LAND MINE EXPLOSION WAITS FOR CAST OF AMPUTED LEG TO DRY IN...

A young Afghan victim of a land mine explosion, Shapoor Khan waits for the cast of his amputed leg to dry, as another patient (R) walks past at an orthopeadic centre run by the International Comittee for Red Cross (ICRC) for in Kabul, June 16, 2003. Khan, who aspires to be a physician, lost his left leg when he stepped on a landmine while returning from Pakistan, where his family had gone to take refuge from the 2001 war in Afghanistan. Rehman, says though his son puts up a brave face in front of others, he often cries in confines of his house. Afghanistan is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world and the landmines left over from Afghanistan's 23 years of war still claim more than 100 victims a month. REUTERS/Arko Datta PP03060067 AD/