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Shah Bibi Tarakhail and Los Angeles International Airport

Los Angeles International Airport: Seven-year-old Shah Bibi Tarakhail arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday on the last leg of a journey from Kabul, according to The Star. Read more on thestar.com: LOS An Afghan girl who was fitted with a prosthetic arm in the U.S. returned to California on Thursday, after the group that sponsored her first visit said her new-found celebrity had made her a subject of death threats at home. She lost her right arm last year when she picked up a grenade following a firefight between U.S. and Taliban forces in her village near the Pakistan border. The explosion, which killed her brother, also destroyed her right eye. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.