Afghan amputees begin again

A technician works on a prosthetic leg at the International Committee of the Red Cross hospital in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan Photograph: Rahmat Gul/AP

Technicians at the ICRC hospital Photograph: Rahmat Gul/AP

A technician applies the finishing touches to a prosthetic leg Photograph: Rahmat Gul/AP

Disabled Afghan men await their new limbs outside the hospital Photograph: Rahmat Gul/AP

Disabled Afghans practise walking with their new limbs Photograph: Rahmat Gul/AP

A young Afghan boy is helped as he learns to walk with his prosthetic legs Photograph: Rahmat Gul/AP

An Afghan man waits for a prosthetic leg Photograph: Rahmat Gul/AP