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Afghanistan: 'I nursed baby passed over Kabul airport razor wire', British Army surgeon reveals

Telegraph, 26 Aug 2021
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A British Army surgeon has described the moment he cared for children separated from their parents, including the young baby filmed being passed over barbed wire fence to soldiers at Kabul airport.

Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Caesar, a Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon from 16 Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps who is working in the Role 2 hospital, explains how he used new parenting skills to comfort baby.

Video footage of a baby being passed over a barbed wire fence to military personnel in Kabul's airport went viral last week.

The baby was reunited with its mother before being evacuated.

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