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Published January 14, 2015
A baby boy from Afghanistan is recovering and doing well following an operation to remove the torso, legs and hands of his dead conjoined twin.
Despite the nature of the birth, the infant was otherwise healthy when he was born last week in the northern region of the country, Agence-France Presse reported.
"The parts of the other body stuck to the child were alive for some time after the birth, but soon died, and it was those parts that we successfully removed," Dr. Homayoun Khamoosh of Kunduz hospital told the AFP.
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The 35-year-old mother has four other children.
According to the report, Afghanistan suffers from one of the world's highest rates of mother and child mortality during labor, mainly because of poor maternal health care.
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