KABUL, Jan. 15 -- Afghanistan has banned the import and exhibition of "The Kite Runner," a film about the troubled friendship of two Afghan boys, on the grounds that it could incite violence.

The Kite Runner’s film adaptation left out the emotional depth, cultural complexity, and moral reckoning that made the book ...

The Kite Runner is a adapted from the novel published in 2003 and author Khaled Hosseini says the kites are more about memory than metaphor. "To me, it is just a symbol of my childhood. I grew up ...

The Kite Runner is a beautiful film about human ugliness and moving to a new and joyful place that’s all the more meaningful for being so hard won. So modern and enlightened in its portrait of ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Culture Ministry has quietly banned the importing of “The Kite Runner,” a film based on the best- selling novel about childhood betrayal, ethnic tension and sexual ...

The producers' decision to make an as authentic-as-possible movie version of "The Kite Runner" has led to a collision with the Afghan cast's sense of honor and tribal ties, reports BBC Radio's ...

Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel Kite Runner opens as a film in November. But it is already causing concern in Afghanistan and in Hollywood for its depiction of ethnic tensions in Afghanistan ...

One of the biggest literary successes of recent years, Afghan-born author Khaled Hosseini's 2003 novel about his pre-9/11 homeland is destined to be one of the most discussed adaptations this ...

Thursday, the New York Times reported that Paramount Vantage will now release “The Kite Runner” on Dec. 14 instead of late November because of the depiction of the rape of a young boy in the film.

Playwright Matthew Spangler’s stage adaptation of The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling book-turned-movie, will make its Broadway premiere this summer.. The new play with music ...

Helmer Marc Forster's richly detailed screen translation of Khaled Hosseini's beloved bestseller should reach beyond the book's many fans.