Soviet war in Afghanistan in popular culture

Khaled Hosseini on Refugees in Afghanistan and Beyond

Since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan, thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes, joining the 43 million refugees who are currently displaced around the world.  Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of “The Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” feels a particular kinship with these refugees. In 1980, when he was a […]

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