story-based predominantly in Afghanistan,

the kite runner is about an uncanny friendship in the middle of a country that is on the verge of facing a major crisis while amir is the son of a wealthy wazir, Hassan’s father works as the wazirs servant and he belongs to the despised Hazara community they are closest of friends despite these differences amir enjoys flying kites and Hassan,

who has an unusual instinct of exactly where a downed kite will land, is his kite runner their peaceful life is destroyed when something unthinkable happens during the Kabul annual kite-fighting tournament something terrible happens to Hassan while the Russian invasion compels amirs family to move to America eventually.

one-day amir returns to Afghanistan to seek a redemption story based on the time when the soviet unions attacks on Afghanistan were rampant and the Taliban regime was rising,

the kite runner is deeply moving and thoroughly heart wrenching it provides a different perspective altogether on Afghanistan with brilliant insights into different relations including pure friendship and a father-son relationship.