Wrenching Tale by an Afghan Immigrant Strikes a Chord
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"The Kite Runner," by Khaled Hosseini, a previously unknown son of an Afghan political refugee, has captivated reading groups across the country.
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For Raquel RodrÃ­guez of San Antonio, legal immigration status has been both a privilege and a burden.
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What happened after Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini finally returned to Afghanistan
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The sight of a sobbing orphan stranded in a landscape of death and disaster moves people deeply.
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A 19-year-old Afghan woman, living as a refugee in neighboring Pakistan, was the first citizen to vote in her home country&#39;s landmark presidential election.
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Nicholas Kristof (&quot;Afghan women still in thrall,&quot; Views, Oct. 7) draws a depressing picture of life for Afghan women today, two years after George W. Bush announced that they were &quot;at last free.
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Afghans see a possible livelihood in the city, despite its crumbling infrastructure.
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan  - Perhaps they should have seen it coming, but Afghanistan's traditional fortune tellers are under fire from religious elders who have branded their ancient practice as backward and un-Islamic.
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MY father died while planning his last trip home. An Irish emigrant who had gone to the New World, he suffered the usual homesickness, a homesickness that became more compelling with each passing year.
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KABUL: The latest abduction of a foreigner in Afghanistan, a Turkish engineer working on a US-sponsored road construction project, ended when the kidnappers killed him, apparently so he wouldnât slow them down with police hot on their trail.
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KABUL -- The room was carpeted and cozy, warm from the wood stove and filled with the chatter of children. But the tales their mothers and older sisters told recently, speaking hesitantly even in the safety of a guarded private shelter, were bone-chilling.
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Asia News, KABUL - Hamid Karzai was cruising to victory in Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential elections, but by Wednesday the returns so far have underscored the ethnic fault lines that have often divided the country.
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A compelling new exhibit explores the experience of British troops in Afghanistan
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show however they will be briefed that a person related to Kabul will be coming in.
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Brick Lane shows that a sensitive outsider can do an equal amount of justice to an immigrant story.
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A German citizen born in Lebanon alleges that he was shackled, abused and accused of having ties to Al Qaeda while he was held by Americans in a prison in Afghanistan.
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An Atlanta lawyer with a potentially deadly contagious disease talks about a journey that has triggered fear and outrage.