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Russian paratroopers landed in Kabul.
In Christmas 1979, Russian paratroopers landed in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Signalling the Russian invasion of Afganistan. -
Farah loses her leg
Walking to school when farah was six, she stepped on a land mine. A nahbor of hers drove her to the local hosptal, but they could do little. -
Farah leaves the German hospital
After realizeing they couldnt help her in aghanistan they sent her to Germany. Two years later she is released to go home with a right leg with no knee and half a left leg. -
Farah comes home
Farah flies home and realizezes half her family is dead for a rocket landeing. -
Farahs home is bombed
A bomb is sent plumiting down towards her house. Most of her family dies besides her mother and her brothers. Sadly her father dies. -
farah and her mother ascape from afghanhsitan
Farah and her mother sneek away to the pakistanian border in the middle of the night. -
Farah arives in america
Five families at once travled to new york in an air plane. First, it landed in holland then in new york to theses great peoples freedom. -
Book is published
After Farah Ahmedi posted her story in ABC's news Good Morning America, the hearts of millions fell in love with the young authors story.
