This week celebrates the freedom to read nationwide. Thursday's book is "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseeini. Reason for banning: This story of friendship and war has been challenged for ...

Hosseini (The Kite Runner) says he was compelled to write about the refugee crisis after seeing the photograph of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian who drowned off the coast of Turkey in 2015.

Originally published in 2003, The Kite Runner became a bestseller across the ... It's a beautiful afternoon in Kabul and the skies are full of the excitement and joy of a kite flying tournament.