The book represents a unique collection of "Afghan" stories based on the events that occurred during the Afghanistan War (1979-1989). The authors of these true storiessoldiers and officers, who later were classified in Russian literature as "Afghan authors", directly participated in the military actionsin different parts ofAfghanistan. Their memoirs became a stepping stone for the emergence of a new kind of Russian literature- "Afghan prose". This book is a pilot project for the first translation into English of a collection of an anthology of Afghan prose - "The Torn Souls".