The Kite Runner is a novel by Khaled Hosseini that tells the story of Amir, a young boy from Afghanistan, and his lifelong friend Hassan. Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous political landscape of Afghanistan in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Amir and Hassan's friendship
The Kite Runner is the debut novel of Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young Afghan boy from Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, beginning with the collapse of Afghanistan's monarchy and the Afghan conflict that sparked shortly thereafter, with a particular focus on the Soviet–Afghan War and the exodus of Afghan refugees, as well as the rise of the Taliban regime.