Stacks of books have been removed from the shelves of libraries in the St. Francis Area Schools district. More books, some of which are widely considered literary classics, could also end up in the ...

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.

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 ...

"Kite Runner" is the story of the relationship between a wealthy Afghan boy and his childhood friend set against the backdrop of political changes in Afghanistan from the monarchy through 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.

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.