Kobra lost two of her sons and her husband when their home was bombed during the rein of the Taliban. Wahida, a new bride, is a recent widow and she is six months pregnant. Gul Soma had her right leg amputated above the knee during an escape from her home to Panshir in 1998. Afghangul [which means flower of Afghanistan.] was a teenager during the war with the Soviets. She stepped on a landmine. Her left leg is amputated above the knee. She now also suffers from mental illness. Nasreen was three years old when injured. It was during the Civil War when a bomb blast threw her out of a window and her back was broken.