Asree Gul, pictured above, is one of a pair of twins who
was born with an extra head attached to her scalp. She had surgery to remove
the extra head in what was the most complex operation ever to be carried out in
the impoverished city of Jalalabad in Afganistan. The two-month-old baby whose
parents are farmers was released from hospital last week.
Surgeons believe that the extra head was part of a third
baby that failed to develop properly in the womb. Her twin sister was born in
good health.
They said the surgery was complicated as vital blood
vessels in Asree Gul's skull were attached to the extra head.
