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Laila visits Herat and the kolba from "A Thousand Splendid Suns". Laila travels to Herat and finds the kolba where Mariam grew up. She sits inside, remembering Mariam's stories.

on the way back to Kabul, in 2002

Laila visits Herat and the kolba

Laila travels to Herat and finds the kolba where Mariam grew up. She sits inside, remembering Mariam's stories. She also meets Hamza, Mullah Faizullah's son, who gives her a tin box left by Jalil for Mariam. Inside, she finds a letter of apology from Jalil, an inheritance, and a video of Pinocchio, revealing his belated love and regret.