Khaled Hosseini writes about an unlikely friendship between a wealthy man's son and the son of a servant in "The Kite Runner." The book opens with Amir recalling his childhood in a well-to-do ...

This week celebrates the freedom to read nationwide. Thursday's book is "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseeini. Reason for banning: This story of friendship and war has been challenged for ...

Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. His father was a diplomat in the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother taught Farsi and history at a high school in Kabul. In 1976, the ...

Khaled Hosseini is the author of the novels "Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns." "Kite Runner" is also the title of an Academy Award-nominated film based on the Book, Hosseini's first ...

Kulvinder Ghir reads Khaled Hosseini's novel, a father-son tale set against the fall of the Afghan monarchy, the Soviet military intervention, and the rise of the Taliban.