‘I am afraid Afghanistan will soon be forgotten’

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In 1990 an Italian physiotherapist arrived in Kabul to work at the Red Cross orthopaedic centre. Then - as now - the country was in a state of transition and insecurity - there were battles for control as the Russians were withdrawing. Dr Alberto Cairo is still there more than 30 years later - and he is not going anywhere - continuing to help land mine victims, amputees and others with mobility and prosthetic limbs. He spoke to Today’s Mishal Husain (Photo: Man walking with a gun in Kabul Credit:Getty)

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