Bebe Halena was working in her garden, close by there was a battle going on between the government of President Najibullah and the mujaheddin. She received a wound in her ankle. Bebe and her family left for Iran. By the time they reached Iran her leg was so infected that it had to be amputated. Obaidullah was a young boy when a bomb hit his family home. It was during the war with the regime of President Najibullah and the Mujaheddin. Since that time he has suffered from mental illness. Tahir was blinded during the war with the Soviet Union.