Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Bibi Aisha, a young Afghan wife whose ears and nose were cut off by her husband, is heading to the United States on Wednesday for reconstructive surgery. Aisha made headlines and was on a recent cover of Time magazine, showing the plight of women in Afghanistan. "When they cut off my nose and ears, I passed out," Aisha said, describing the attack. "It felt like there was cold water in my nose. I opened my eyes, and I couldn't even see because of all the blood." But she survived. With the help of an American provincial reconstruction team in Oruzgan province and the organization Women for Afghan Women, she finally received the help and protection she needed.
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The Afghan woman whose ears and nose were cut off is heading to the U.S.
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She's planning on reconstructive surgery in California
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Some look to Bibi Aisha to help show the plight of women under the Taliban
Aisha says her mutilation was an act of @placeholder justice for the crime of shaming her husband's family.