BORN UNDER A MILLION

The Taliban have disappeared from Kabul''s streets, but the long shadows of their brutal regime remain. Eleven-year-old Fawad has known more grief than most: his father and brother have been killed, and Fawad and his mother, Mariya, must rely on the charity of family to eke out a hand-to-mouth existence. Then Mariya finds a position as housekeeper.