With it have come kite-fighting and the so-called "kite runners" described by author Khaled Hosseini in his 2003 novel, the WSJ's Don Duncan reports.

Few novels leave an imprint on our minds quite like The Kite Runner. Khaled Hosseini’s powerful story of friendship and ...

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 ...

how “The Kite Runner” gave them a more nuanced and maybe a more human and compassionate perspective on Afghanistan and its people and everything that they had to endure. I would tell the ...

returns to his ravaged homeland to Afghan-American novelist Hosseini follows up his bestselling The Kite Runner with another searing epic of Afghanistan in turmoil. The story covers three decades ...

“I’m going to do whatever I can to give voice to the voiceless artists of Afghanistan right now,” he said. Ticket prices start at $25. For more information on “The Kite Runner” or to buy ...

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.

THE KITE RUNNER is a powerful play of friendship that follows one man’s journey to confront his past and find redemption. Afghanistan is a divided country and two childhood friends are about to ...