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.

I’m still in the middle of my current book, so I thought I’d take a step backward and fill you on what I was reading at the end of 2008. It always takes me a while to pick up the ...

"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 ...

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 ...