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InMammy's room, the three of them sat on the bed.Outside, rockets were zipping ac-
rossthe sky as Hekmatyar's and Massoud'sforces fought and fought. Laila knew that so-
mewhere in the city someone had justdied, and that a pall of black smoke was hovering
over some building that had collapsed in a puffing mass of dust. There would be bodies
to step around in the morning. Some would be collected. Others not. Then Kabul's dogs,
who had developed a taste for human meat, would feast.
All the same, Laila had an urge to run through those streets.She could barely contain
her own happiness. It took effortto sit, to not shriek withjoy. Babi said they would go to
Pakistan first, to apply forvisas. Pakistan, where Tariq was! Tariq was only gone se-
venteen days, Laila calculated excitedly. If only Mammy had made up her mindsevente-
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