Polish troops find abandoned newborn baby in Afghanistan
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In this picture made available by the Operations Command of Poland's Defense Ministry in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 , a newborn baby girl which Polish sappers found on Wednesday abandoned on the road of an armored patrol in southern Afghanistan receives attention in Waghez Afghanistan. (AP/Poland's Defense Ministry)
Polish troops on patrol in southern Afghanistan have found a newborn baby abandoned on the side of a road.
The towel-wrapped girl was found Wednesday by soldiers who were checking the safety of a route near their Waghez military base, according to Defense Ministry spokesman Janusz Walczak.
The soldiers were first suspicious about the item in a country where hidden roadside bombs are prevalent.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}No other people were found in a 2-kilometer (about 1 mile) radius, and it was unclear who had left the baby there and why.
The entire column took the girl to a medical center at the base, and soldiers were sent to buy baby formula, a bottle and a bib.
The troops named the girl Pola, after Poland, and planned to give her to Afghan authorities.