rebirth, which the taliban were determined to destroy. musicians from the school were accompanying an ah vaupts guard play, part of a budding theater scene in kabul. the play was a condemnation of suicide bombings. in the audience, sitting just behind the doctor was a suicide bomber. i remember when the explosion happened. it was full of smoke. the room was smelling kebad, the smell of the body. people were running up and down screaming. then i saw that my coat was full of blood, i was heavily bleeding from my head.