A literary exploration of the motives and thoughts of various actors in the Afghan conflict of the 2000s. Anaram is an Afghan girl whose name means "endless light". In the turmoil of the Afghan conflict of the 2000s, she is seriously injured one morning and first treated by Bundeswehr soldiers. Anaram's father is fighting on the side of the Taliban and with him two other Taliban fighters enter the scene, which is accidentally captured photographically by a war reporter. The result is a pictorial document that eventually wins the prize for best war photography of the year.
In fictional short stories, the author sketches the personal and emotional backgrounds of the actors: the wailing mother who fears losing her last child to the war. German soldiers who, out of their civilian lives, are involved in violent conflicts abroad; are physically and psychologically injured. Taliban and inhabitants of a valley who have to survive, somewhere in northern Afghanistan.