The Afghan girl featured on a Time magazine cover is in the United States to have her nose rebuilt

Aisha told Time her nose and ears had been cut off - with the approval of a Taliban commander - by her abusive husband as punishment for running away. The front cover generated debate over the headline "What Happens if We Leave Afghanistan" and the use of the photo itself. Her surgery is being done by the Grossman Burn Foundation in California. The foundation campaigns on the issue of violence against women as well as doing free plastic surgery work. Aisha, whose surname has not been revealed, will meet surgeon Peter Grossman to discuss the reconstruction of her nose. The 18-year-old was reportedly given away by her family in childhood as a "blood debt" and was subsequently married to a Taliban fighter. His family abused her and she ran away but was recaptured and mutilated by her husband.