A newborn baby girl dumped on the side of a road in Afghanistan and rescued by Polish troops — who initially thought the little bundle was a bomb — has begun a new life as a treasured member of a childless family. The baby, named Pola by the Polish troops when she was found during a patrol on September 19, was first taken to the soldiers’ base in Ghazni province south of Kabul and then transferred to the local hospital. But whatever her past, her future is bright, according to her adoptive father, 29-year-old Ghazni shopkeeper Zahir Rahimi. “I have been married for four years, but I don’t have a child yet,” he told AFP in the one room he and his wife rent in a mud house on the outskirts of Ghazni city. “My wife and I have visited several doctors for treatment, but nothing seems to work.” “We have named her Aria (Happiness). She has brought a lot of happiness to us. I want my baby to grow up, go to school and have a very good future.”
