For many Afghans, the nightly air raids were becoming difficult to bear, even in a war-hardened country. Sardar Mohammed, a Kabul diesel-and-gasoline merchant, said he and his family eat dinner early, then before nightfall move everyone into a room with only one window, which is blocked up with bedding.
``To stop the shrapnel,'' he said. ``We learned this during the civil war.'' - from an A. P. article

If you're of the praying type, pray for the victims. In both hemispheres.