Video: My brother said I would survive suicide attack, says 10-year-old Afghan girl The girl, who identified herself only as Spozhmai, said on Tuesday that her brother told her to "ask the deputy commander for a ride with him to Kunar province. I agreed then he attached the vest on my body and told me to spend the night here and leave in the morning. Afghan forces are seeing their casualties mount as the US-led international force there pulls back ahead of its withdrawal at the end of 2014.