This is the story of aman, as told in his own words - a boy from afghanistan fleeing the horror of the afghan war. When a western dog shows up outside the caves where aman lives with his mother, aman is initially repulse...This is the story of aman, as told in his own words - a boy from afghanistan fleeing the horror of the afghan war. When a western dog shows up outside the caves where aman lives with his mother, aman is initially repulsed - it is not customary for people to keep dogs as pets in his part of the world.