War rages in the south and east, but relatively stability has returned to the Afghani capital of Kabul. With it have come kite-fighting and the so-called "kite runners" described by author Khaled ...

Drama telling the story of two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, who grew up together in 1970s Kabul. Many years later, Amir, now a writer living in America, returns to his native Afghanistan.

One of those books is “The Kite Runner,” a 2003 historical novel about a young boy growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan. The author, Khaled Hosseini, spoke to Tom Crann about the ban. The ...

Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. He is the author of the international bestsellers The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. His latest book is And the Mountains Echoed.