‘The Kite Runner’ Author: ‘My Heart Is Broken’ For The Afghan People

[@SS-dl3tt]

I have always visualised Afghanistan through khaled hosseini's books.. Praying for Afghan people

[@ramziamm]

Thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@privateprivate1865]

Religion is the main problem , and "praying" is just keeping religion going.

[@hidof9598]

@Palepride Worldwide , on paper, that is Bachabazee did happen despite their rule, for a span of time

[@scarydude9378]

A lot of people get bought into this easily. But this isn't true. He supported the western narrative and hence got the adverts and bucks was made out of people' sufferings. Be a human and Do not support their narrative..

[@hidof9598]

@@scarydude9378 , then what is the narrative?

[@sandrasofiahsexton3917]

A Thousand Splendid Suns, by this author, depicts the horrific plight of Afghani women in their country at the time of the writing. Heart-shattering. The Kite Runner is tragic; A Thousand Splendid Sun can tear the heart apart.

[@burntpopcorn7543]

Yes indeed.

[@JulietCate82]

Maryam

[@scarydude9378]

Try to reverse the situation depicted in the book...All the sufferings was due to the presense of the US and the NATO. They wanted resources and forced farmers to cultivate poopy fields...Taliban are THE people of AFGHAN ..is it too hard to believe???

[@loulaflora6299]

So true

[@poetryfalcon8144]

I started reading A Thousand Splendid Suns yesterday and after SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS when her mother died, I cried for a good solid five minutes. I haven't even reached 100 pages and this book already tears my heart apart.

[@616boy]

“For you a thousand times over” ~ Hassan

[@poetryfalcon8144]

Hassan was always so pure

[@zw246]

I get chocked up when I read that and it had me in tears during the film

[@diamondsndregs]

I'm a novelist and The Kite Runner is one of my favorite books, a level of writing I aspire to. As an American, it gave me a view of Afghanistan beyond what I ever would have imagined. I'm crushed by what's happening there. (edited for typo)

[@camelsheit_on_the_walls446]

A great book, fine literature indeed, and for this Norwegian my first ever real insight of this tragically seemingly ill-fated country. What's happening now is harrowing, heartbreaking, beyond words.

[@ramziamm]

🙏🏼

[@dawnnaomigad7369]

I have read three of his books; "The kite runner", "A thousand splendid suns" and "And the mountains echoed". All wonderful books. Love from Norway.

[@camelsheit_on_the_walls446]

@@dawnnaomigad7369 I've only read the first two. Thank you for making me aware of yet another one. Though it might be a while now, before I muster the... right mood. Sigh

[@peaceloveharmony7213]

@@dawnnaomigad7369 Hallo fra Amerika :) I loaned The Kite Runner to my sister many years ago. I’ll have to get it back now and finally read it! lol. Jeg er så glad I came across this video. The best we can hope for is that the Taliban will keep its promises. Very sad 😞 Now I’m going to watch Scandinavian Cooking with Andreas Viestad. It’s on every Saturday morning here on public television. Heia Norge 🇳🇴 🧀🍰 👈🏼 Jarlsberg Swiss og bløtkake 🤠✌🏼

[@amobilway1032]

Yo, I am reading The Kite Runner in English class and I couldn't help but wonder what the author thinks about the current situation when I read the news. Its an almost uncanny coincidence.

[@ackermangirl9278]

Ikr!

[@guntherbeckman1257]

Read a thousand splendid sun's also it's a great story

[@cosm8927]

That book is propaganda

[@melissadouglas570]

My son is reading this book in school right now. Amazing timing by his teacher, choosing this text. Thank you, educators everywhere.

[@concon9093]

It was a wonderful book, well written and shows the Freedom we have and should cherish.

[@Perivale]

Actually, the book has been popular with teachers for a good while now. I'm not an English teacher, I teach science, but many of my students appreciate the story. I hope it's on the curriculum again this year in my school.

[@myhomie131]

@Siraj Haq Huh? This doesn’t make any sense. Lmao, you called the book propaganda bs? Explain a little better, please. I’ve tried to read it multiple times.

[@myhomie131]

@Siraj Haq I’m literally asking you because I didn’t understand your comment, so I don’t know why you’re turning it around. How is this book a propaganda?

[@myhomie131]

@Siraj Haq What concerns specifically? I think I read your first comment wrong.

[@Littlebit31]

I’ve been telling people to read his books. It does a wonderful job of really explaining how the US and Russia destroyed this beautiful country…

[@davidaponte7521]

What does the Taliban have to prove, it is their country.

[@nilanilakota]

They, USA & Soviet, really did. I feel sorry for the innocent people, wish as a collective force we could do something.

[@muuuuuud]

The Afghan government that fled shouldn't be allowed to have profited from the corruption without accountability.

[@muuuuuud]

@Victor Mason

[@Jahfaith]

The same could be said of America!

[@alexordonez6494]

Same should be said Taliban Bidan.

[@censoreduser7753]

@@muuuuuud all you did with that comment was prove you're triggered and very uninformed. If you've been paying attention, the right has been right a lot more than the left wing media has! You still think covid didn't come from a lab? You still think there won't be vaccine passports? You still think people won't be forced to take this vaccine? The propaganda is on your television. The Hunter laptops (with an S) have proven to be real, and he lost a 3rd! My account is a month old! I was banned for talking about things like covid coming from a lab!

[@censoreduser7753]

@r e And built a wall that doesn't work and hired $100k security when they want to defund public security.

[@Elizabeth-yp8re]

I wish it was that way. I’ve heard the gardens and orchards were fabulous…that people went there for their honeymoons. The Russians weakened Afghanistan, the Taliban subjugated and abused her, and we gave her hope, and are now abandoning her, it seems. I pray for Afghanistan and that her people find the strength to overcome these unholy governors.❤️

[@Littlebit31]

The Taliban was put in power by the US to “oust” Russia. We funded them and gave them munitions… we are directly to blame for their rise to power…

[@scarydude9378]

Have you heard of "Yvoony Ridley"??

[@keepdriving01]

this book was first introduced to me in 8th grade and none of my classmates were interested in it. meanwhile I, myself, bought the book so I can finish it, while everyone else was still reading it. It affected me so much and was the first book that ever made me so emotional. The devastating occurrence of Kabul reminded me of the book again and how upsetting it is to know that Kabul will never be what Amir once lived in when he was a kid in the book. Really upsetting and emotional.

[@sudarshanrai3194]

I can't tell you how much I cried reading this book.

[@venkataramanvaidehi5181]

Sir, your book " Thousand splendid Suns" is my favorite book. That book gave me the real picture of woman and children living under thaliban. I am heart broken now.

[@venkataramanvaidehi5181]

@Kimberly Ouellette Thank you.Corrected..

[@bonnierobinson8684]

Thank you for this interview. I loved his book and know there are good people there that need to be saved.

[@hello-o3i]

Imperialism

[@beetoven8193]

Thank you, Khaled, for that beautiful book.

[@shalomcohen1309]

I have been fascinated by Afghanistan for decades, but history books-as necessary as they-can’t touch a heart like Hosseini’s books. Both of his books made me sob, but A Thousand Splendid Suns tore my heart. He’s an important voice for his people, who deserve better. I don’t know if my tears and prayers will help, but I pray for them anyway, hoping that the innocents will be shielded from the evil we see-from the comfort of our air-conditioned living rooms.

[@susanadiasjohnson457]

Thank you both for this honest and informing interview. The world is feeling helpless and heartbroken over the Afghan suffering. Your insight helps us. Please continue to weigh in.

[@lillyfitzgerald4047]

It is not right to say that the 'American war' was a disaster in so many ways. Lets be real here. The last 20 years failed because of the Afghan government. There was so much corruption. Tfhe last 20 years also helped give Afghans some sense of 'freedom' and stability only through the help of Americans. So, give credit where credit is due; Why would people be fleeing otherwise??

[@Littlebit31]

The reality is that Russia started this when they invaded decades ago and the US (CIA) chose to build up the Taliban to “fight” Russia. We did this back in the 80s. Bush Jr jumping in to war here was nothing but a means for the military contractors like his VP to bleed the coffers dry! Since that time there has never been a clear plan and those changing things up over and over didn’t listen to the experts on the countries history and people to understand what might and what wouldn’t work.

[@davidaponte7521]

@@Littlebit31 That being said, billions were spent on roads and infrastructure too Bottom line, America is not responsible, Afghanistan is.

[@JoBlakeLisbon]

You can't turn Afghanistan into Denmark. This is what the world has learned over the last twenty years.

[@northernwildshewolf1729]

Why aren’t our children reading books like kite runner in schools. We could be so much better as humans if we learned of our struggles and loves.

[@TooBadThatDidntKillMe]

Because educated and empathic students don't vote Republican.

[@sergmanization]

Because while it is nice to live in a bubble there is a big big world out there.

[@michaelsanger7795]

Because CRT is most important 🤮

[@TooBadThatDidntKillMe]

@@michaelsanger7795 That's university level elective course, but go on pretending that people are trying to put it in grade school. And while you're at it you should go on a crusade to prevent the implementation of Sharia Law in the United States as well. 😆

[@michaelsanger7795]

@@TooBadThatDidntKillMe lol I knew that would twist panties...

[@martinriley9961]

Afghans has to fight their own battles; they are responsible for themselves, but offered no resistance to this takeover. I'll cry tomorrow..

[@Autistic_Pixel]

The Afghan people are responsible for themselves, they need to fight for the change they want not allow others to die for them needlessly.

[@alkante2962]

Thank you Medhi Hassan for bringing up this kind of interview.

[@utnapishtim2736]

When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the first thing that came to my mind was Khaled Hosseini, the kite runner

[@annborges9088]

Khaled Hoseini is my favorite author . Anyone who knows nothing about Afghanistan needs to read his books. They are a revelation, I cannot imagine the heartbreak of the Afghastani people who have suffered so much under the Russians and now they are being left at the mercy of the Taliban.

[@elizabethellis9062]

That book broke my heart. It’s what I thought of when I first heard the news.

[@terry4988]

What about people who paid a zillion $$$$$$$$$$$ in taxes supporting the embezzeling of trillions .

[@timjohnson1199]

We won't be done paying for Bidens borrowing and squandering for a long time.

[@lkshw]

I read A Thousand Splendid Suns in 2014. Since the fiasco last August I've been feeling a pull to read it again, and I finally have. I'm so sadden and terrified for the women. I wish I could give them all a big hug and bring them to a safe country.

[@camillerose8323]

I had to read The Kite Runner for University this year and I can't believe the coincidence. This poor country and it's people. I pray for them

[@judiesuh6858]

I pray you , yourself go and modernize Afghanistan.🙏🙏

[@timjohnson1199]

Yeah, well don't forget to pray for the USA under the Democrats/ socialists/liberals.

[@highestgood5169]

I have been thinking of his book since this entire thing began. Such a great writer.

[@ismaelvelazquez7776]

As an American I can care less about that country

[@nfa_copium2479]

Tasked to read kite runner in class. I am now a fan of hosseinis work

[@lvjinbin28]

He wrote Kite Runner after Soviet invaded Afghanistan. I'm waiting for his Plane Runner after US invaded Afghanistan.

[@dianewhalen9721]

The Taliban might want to put their guns down to build trust for a start.

[@loare-ainmusic6836]

you cant be real...can you?you are looking at this form the 21st century. The Taliban are looking at this situation like its 750 AD. Get in the game! think about what you are saying, and how ignorant it sounds.

[@rangerup2674]

Wake up. Go brush up on Afghanistan.

[@rickerhart907]

You must have just fallen off the turnip truck from Kansas

[@wadestanton]

Maybe USA could land the drones to build trust, bet not.

[@visionsogitchidahg2333]

My favorite author:::I read another book by him to both were really good

[@ssake1_IAL_Research]

I read that book and it was the first thing I thought of.

[@Christian-di8zu]

We need congressional hearings on why this withdrawal was planned so poorly if it was planned at all. Looks so amateurish.

[@sarahf.4.233]

There was no transition team allowed between the TR45H administration and the Biden administration, remember? This is the deal that TR45H made with the Taliban. We don't negotiate with terrorists. But, TR45H did.

[@andrewmelcher6755]

@@sarahf.4.233 Bingo! Trump did this to spite Biden and hurt the USA. He worked with a foreign enemy that we were at war with to hurt our interests and endanger the USA. What's that called? (Treason)

[@sarahf.4.233]

@@andrewmelcher6755 TRE45ON for sure.

[@sarahf.4.233]

@DONNIE Trump I have muted you.

[@bryantf8105]

The swamp is back in control as it's heart bleeds for those poor Afghan people.

[@planetc]

Given Mr. Hosseini's extraordinary depth of understanding of his country, its recent history, its people, and his and their religion, wouldn't it make sense for the US State department to make use of him as a consultant in diplomatic relations (or lack of them) with the Taliban? He has been a "cultural" commentator on Afghanistan. The difference between cultural influence and diplomatic influence is a title. The State Department is very good at making up titles.

[@epizzle9232]

Such a great book!

[@ChloEHopsonSings]

That is a beautiful book.

[@mikilynne4558]

Rachel Maddow is the moral compass of the nation. She is the most important woman in America. She and Brian Tyler Cohen speak truth to power eloquently.

[@idonthavetime2reply14]

Nah that dood is the absolute worst

[@Christian-di8zu]

She has been wrong so many times it is not funny. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. That is a better record than She has.

[@mikilynne4558]

@@idonthavetime2reply14 Don't like what he's saying do ya? I would bet money that you think the election was stolen. You need to go straight to the edge and jump off into outer space. The mother ship is waiting.

[@robfalter2522]

@@mikilynne4558 i bet you think trump colluded with russia in 2016

[@sarahf.4.233]

@@robfalter2522 we took out Putin's TR45H. Mueller was right. Collusion happened. Read the report.

[@lenering1084]

Can you explain to me why the Afghan men did not fight for their country? Why did they flee?

[@judytelles9227]

Apparently the soldiers are starving because of the corruption of the leaders. Undisclosed numbers of Afghan soldiers death over 20yrs as would demoralise the Afghan army.

[@unfairlytreatedmexican6380]

I need to read that book.

[@shawnaball1469]

Great book!

[@pld4444]

Please make your RE-Quest LOUD and Clear. SPEAK LOUDER!!!!

[@davidaponte7521]

Nah, 2 trillion is enough.

[@peterjenner5431]

The story's not over yet it could have a happy ending

[@rickerhart907]

If you call hostage situations beatings and beheadings a happy ending

[@Homa_w]

@@rickerhart907 let’s wait and see.

[@clydehinman7810]

the kite runner....well sir go fight if you really love your country

[@camelliaraychaudhuri742]

He's my favourite author ❤️

[@theia1653]

This is history happening.

[@loare-ainmusic6836]

Biden sure did great this time! I was wondering when his 40 years of public service would show up.

[@陈鑫-b5r]

How many people know that the film was shot in Xinjiang, China. Where the West claims genocide.

[@flavjr2011]

That book was good. Pray for their safety.

[@jerriweaver4534]

Where's Biden? Why isn't he out answering questions? We have more than 5 questions Joe. You should be hiding in shame. He's doing the same thing the Afghanistan president did. Run and hind. Disgraceful

[@marylee2732]

Yes I saw this movie it is very touching and sad.

[@namur-iq6ih]

Critics of President Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan often paint a rosy picture of the country, arguing that with the help of the United States, the Afghan government had reached a stable stalemate with the Taliban and made great advancements for women’s rights. Afghans themselves would probably say otherwise. Afghans remained resistant to the idea of gender equality. A survey asked many questions about women’s rights, and the answers to most, such as access to education were suitably positive from a Western point of view. But one question shows how tenuous, and perhaps artificial, those positive answers were. Respondents were given six options for what a woman should wear in public. The No. 1 answer, chosen by 32 percent of Afghans, was the burqa. Twenty-eight percent chose the only slightly less oppressive (according to westerners) niqab, which differs from the burqa only in allowing a slit for a woman’s eyes to be visible. Fourteen percent chose the chador, the outfit that shocked Western sensibilities this week when CNN reporter Clarissa Ward wore it on camera, as the Taliban requires. Given that nearly three-quarters of interviewed Afghans think women should be allowed to appear in public only if they are dressed head to toe in black a number that excludes Afghans in Taliban-contested villages that presumably hold even more restrictive views, it’s clear the country remains far from conducive to women’s rights. No one should be under the impression that Afghanistan has greatly improved according to western-lifestyle. This survey clearly indicates that the nation was steadily slipping out of control and remained barren ground for the Western-style society that nation builders tried to construct despite nearly 20 years of American-led war and reconstruction. The Afghan people know who they are and more than that, they know who they have always been, and they are just as proud as Americans. We are leaving behind a country comprised largely of people who have never had contact with their government, people who live by religious rules and customs which are foreign to some Americans and with which most Americans don't agree, even rules which some Americans consider to be cruel and backward. But it's their country, and those are their rules and customs, and now they will return to living as they did before US got there and started ordering them around and demanding that they do things US way, or else.

[@loulaflora6299]

My heart is broken for afghans 😢😢😢

[@wilywascal2024]

There has never been a graceful exit for the losing side in any war. Truth is, our hasty withdrawal from Vietnam was even worse if you look at the numbers and the whole picture. Only 7,000 were evacuated from Vietnam during the fall of Saigon, with many more left behind, including two dead American soldiers----the last to die in the Vietnam War----left behind in a hospital and not returned until a year later by the Vietnamese. That evacuation occurred under hostile NVA and Vietcong fire. Over 17,000 have already been evacuated from Afghanistan despite the complete capitulation of the Afghan government and Afghan Army in just 11 days, with no hostile fire upon American troops by the Taliban so far. Moreover, the January 27, 1973 peace agreement signed by the Americans with the North Vietnamese ended all direct U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, and provided sixty days for troop removal. Just as with Afghanistan, all troops were removed. However, it was over two years later, on April 30, 1975, when the fall of Saigon occurred. So, the U.S. had nearly two-and-a-half years to evacuate everyone else before the fall of the South Vietnamese government and armed forces, instead of just 11 days like in Afghanistan. The other thing in stark contrast between Vietnam and Afghanistan is that no Democrats----including Carter, who was running against Ford for President----tried to use the situation for political gain like Republicans are so desperately and depravedly doing now. That, despite the fact that it was the previous Trump administration which bears the brunt of the blame for the current situation.

[@rgwak]

Vietnamese people: When the war ended, 1.6 million of us fled as refugees. Afghanistan War: Hold my...oh crap, looks like it's time to go...

[@azadpedia2845]

Americans are like: "oh, there is nothing left for looting, just leave"!

[@op8995]

I swore when I glanced the title I didn't see kite but another word...that rhymes

[@pld4444]

No MONEY... How do WE in America help with no money ??? We're all Broke from Covid. Khaled Hosseini.....How can WE help with no $ Thoughts??? HELP us help the Afghan people.

[@wizardsrealm1191]

with the help of the u.s. military, and this is my home, Afghanistan? then i'm going to defend it with my life. i would've been the best first hope for the people i was fighting for, my family, my neighbors, everyone i knew. if these cruel men threatened them and myself, i would be fighting so hard with or without the americans and doing my best to lead men into battle or die trying. i would take men into the mountains of my home, and show them the caves of the taliban. i would've set the charges on the walls to every entrance or exit to every cave they used as refuge. PARABELLUM!

[@wizardsrealm1191]

how can i pity these people, they had 20 years to make plans for leaving, fighting, or just sitting back and doing nothing. i have no knowledge of their mindset, everything they think is an unknown. i guess a great deal of them decided to help us? so that was their plan of escape, but what about the rest of the people, what was their plan? i surely love all people, but i'm in no way sure of how they think.

[@foedspaghetti3290]

“If lucky” Afghanistan can be modelled on what MBS really wants Saudi to be but worse. Great……

[@2113rush]

How many Countries have we propped up left now? I lost count.

[@TTVToxic-yu5ov]

Great book, great movie

[@user-oi3fb9jc2c]

Good book Khaled Hosseini, read it in English

[@ralphcolerick4939]

most informed people blame the afgan government and the cowardly military for the current mess. trump told them over a year ago that the USA was going to leave. waiting until the last week to leave isn't very smart

[@TooBadThatDidntKillMe]

Talking like the Inceliban was giving the U.S. time to pull out personnel before moving in? Everyone knows they were waiting until the exact moment the withdrawals started to invade. And if the Failure had been reelected, the same cultists and trolls screeching at Biden now would be contriving excuses to absolve the Spray Tan Messiah from the _exact same outcome._ 🙄

[@russellreed3650]

They had 20 years to form a government that would work for the people. They could have had just about anything. This is what they came up with. The Government that THEY asked for.

[@pld4444]

Problem.....Mr. Khaled Hosseini. You only ONCE say the name of where to send funds. REPEAT please Because it wasn't clear.'

[@karma4872]

And I loved that movie too

[@wilywascal2024]

Taliban: 'We're not indoctrinated barbaric religious terrorists! We're just Afghanistan's Republican party!"

[@donhuntley6466]

It's not a nation, it's a tribal region with no want for unity with others tribes only a few kilometers away.

[@rangerup2674]

The factoid escapes most people.

[@wadestanton]

National borders prove you wrong.

[@imobile108]

Did you vote Joe? Did you? Did you? Did you?!

[@honkawiman]

Amazing movie plz watch it. INCREDIBLE

[@Vertigoneardeath]

Not our problem. It's a cult.

[@elizabethperimontclason3242]

You have to hear they say "and under our guidance and understanding of sharia law given by Qu'ran" like no one hears that. Even if they take strick fundamentalist of new testament of bible or old testament rules, nothing will change. Nothing!

[@dragonfox2.058]

male supremacy is killing this world

[@shellysmith1037]

'my heart is broken for Afghan people'. You mean the dead ones who got shot while the US and Nato forces were running away? Those afghans?

[@tscsobc]

I need Ja Rule to make sense of this 😒

[@Enxamedeesfinge.]

A paz no Afeganistão não é um assunto banal ou frívolo.

[@adamt5519]

heart...your brain must have been broken when you voted for biden

[@howso5302]

Funny， the movie kite runner showed that peaceful , prosperous Afghan Kabul, was shot in Xinjiang China, where the west condemn genocide, forced labour. What a joke!

[@censored1738]

... : ' Sad ' now go run! and buy my " HaCk " of a novel!

[@2000_mules]

Thanks Biden and the absent Harris

[@Vertigoneardeath]

You keep worshipping the invisible man that lives up in the sky you'll end up this way.

[@terrierkeeper]

This is biden's awful mess.

[@twoblacklabs904]

Riiiight...so you easily dismiss Trump’s role in this debacle?!? Why’d he scrub his “Historic peace deal reached with the Taliban” article off his web pages? Pfffft...🤡

[@YZ250W1]

Bush and his WMD lies got us here.

[@dragonfox2.058]

sounds like we're gonna have to keep paying for Bush II's endless illegal oil wars...thanks Bushy!

[@dragonfox2.058]

@Lefty Loser yup...IO guess that's what we'll all pay in huh?

[@dragonfox2.058]

@Lefty Loser No tell me

[@shirleymcgleish6267]

The Kite Runner was one of the best books I have read.

[@mchertonok]

It's fine. Taliban are good for Afghanistan, otherwise people would fight them .

[@computerbiscuit]

Nancy Pelosi ❤️s you.

[@frogmantoad8110]

MAGA. IMPEACH CHINA JOE!