| Description | Character |
| Mourns the death of her two sons in the Soviet Afghan War | |
| Well educated Kabul man, killed by rocket | |
| Forced to live in an orphanage | |
| Abusive husband who is a cobbler | |
| Blonde hair and green eyes, siblilings killed during Soviet Afghan War | |
| Herat tutor of the Koran | |
| An illegitimate child of a wealthy Herat man | |
| Worshiped child of his father, was given a television | |
| Weathy father of an illegitimate child, owned a movie theater | |
| Commited suicide beneath a willow tree | |
| One legged carpenter's son | |