<P> In 1996, the Taliban took over Kabul and began enforcing their strict Islamic views which meant banning women from work and introducing Islamic punishments, which included stoning and amputations . The Taliban controlled two thirds of the country and were recognized as legitimate rulers by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in 1997 . The Taliban were accused of bombing US embassies in Africa, and the United States launched missile strikes at Osama bin Laden's bases . In September 2001, Ahmad Shah Masood was assassinated . He was the leader of Northern Alliance: the main opposition towards the Taliban . On September 11, 2001, Al Queda attacked the United States . The US led bombings in Afghanistan shortly afterwards, and Anti-Taliban Northern Alliance forces entered Kabul . </P> <P> The landmine that Farah stepped on as a young girl in Afghanistan was most likely placed by the Mujahideen, the Taliban, or the forces fighting against them . </P> <P> Farah Ahmedi was born in Kabul, Afghanistan near the end of the Soviet war in Afghanistan . When she was in second grade, she stepped on a land mine while taking a shortcut through a field to school . Farah was transferred to Germany where her leg was amputated . After over eighteen months in Germany, she returned to her home in Kabul . Shortly after she returned home, her father and two sisters were killed by a stray rocket while Farah and her mother were shopping for fabrics, and her two brothers left Afghanistan in order to avoid a draft . Fearing for their lives, Farah and her mother fled to Pakistan where they endured harsh conditions in refugee camps for a couple years before World Relief rescued them and provided them a home in Chicago, Illinois . In Chicago, Farah and her mother began to adjust to their new life, with major help from Alyce Litz, one of Farah's new friends . </P> <P> The main theme of this book is overcoming struggles . Farah is constantly faced with hardships, but continually proves to show that she is strong by overcoming them . </P>

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