Her request was successful, and in 2002, she and her mother were finally relocated to the U.S. invasion into Afghanistan, was inviting a few familiesâ€”widows and their childrenâ€”to come to the United States to begin their lives again. While in Pakistan, Farah heard that the American government, in response to the aftermath of the U.S. They spent several years there, first in a refugee camp and then as servants for a family in the nearby town. They traveled over the mountains on foot, an incredible accomplishment given Farahâ€™s prosthetic leg. Farah and her mother eventually left for Pakistan. A few months later, Farahâ€™s brothers fled Afghanistan to escape the Taliban and disappeared. Returning from the market with her mother, Farah discovered that while they were gone, a rocket had hit their family home, killing her father and her two sisters. Soon after Farah returned to Afghanistan to begin her life again, another tragedy struck. She spent the next two years recovering in Germany, alone and without her family. The medical facilities in Afghanistan could not accommodate such a serious injury, so Farah was taken to Germany by an aid group where her left leg was amputated and her right leg was fused at the knee. But in a flash, her life changed forever.

Spying a shortcut, she quickly took it, and ran down a back alley. Ten years ago, seven-year-old Farah Ahmedi was running late for school in her hometown of Kabul, Afghanistan. 17 year old Farah Ahmedi overcame a landmine injury and war in her native Afghanistan to become an award-winning author in the United States.

The story of my life by farah ahmedi