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A Young Afghan War Survivor Touches Two American Lives

by GLORIA HILLARD 
September 23, 2013 4:27 PM

When Staci Freeman and her sister Jami Valentine first took in a child ravaged by war in Afghanistan last year, Arefa was a 6-year-old in Hello Kitty shoes, who quickly turned the daily routine of changing her head bandages into a counting game.

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A Young Afghan War Survivor Touches Two American Lives

by GLORIA HILLARD 
September 23, 2013 4:27 PM

When Staci Freeman and her sister Jami Valentine first took in a child ravaged by war in Afghanistan last year, Arefa was a 6-year-old in Hello Kitty shoes, who quickly turned the daily routine of changing her head bandages into a counting game.

Listen to the Story

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