US doctor takes live ammo from soldier's head

Doctors say a 14.5 millimeter unexploded round -- more than 2 inches long -- was removed from the scalp of an Afghan National Army soldier at the Bagram Air Field hospital last month.

When the Afghan soldier, in his 20s, arrived at the base, doctors thought it was shrapnel or the spent end of some sort of round, said Lt. Col. Anthony Terreri, a radiologist deployed from Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.

But as he reviewed a CAT scan of the soldier, he realized it was a much bigger problem, according to an Air Force news release this week on the case.

The patient, who officials did not identify by name, is continuing to improve, the Air Force statement said; Kazinform cites China Daily. See www.chinadaily.com.cn for full version.