"A SOLDIER underwent a five-hour brain op to remove a high-explosive bullet - which could have blown his head off at any moment.
Army surgeons donned BODY ARMOUR after the Afghan man was rushed in following a bomb blast.
Non-essential staff were evacuated when a scan on what was thought to be just shrapnel revealed it to be a 2½in incendiary round."
The Taliban bullet, containing 2oz of high explosives. was powerful enough to have killed the entire surgical team. But the brave US medics succeeded in delicately extracting it during the marathon operation at Bagram air base, Afghanistan.
Shame on these doctors for not following Lafkin's lead and refusing to deploy.