Kite Runner is a bestseller book and film written by Khaled Hosseini. It tells a poignant story of the friendship between Amir, a Pushtoon boy, and Hassan, a Hazara boy through the tumultuous periods of the Soviet occupation and the Taliban in Afghanistan.

http://www.khaledhosseini.com/

http://www.kiterunnermovie.com/

Dear Our Journey to Smile:

Thank you for sharing your Letter of Humanity’s Love from Afghan youth to the UN Hague Conference.  It was very moving and I am grateful you have included me in your distribution of it. I wish your organization the best of luck with its goals.

Best,
Khaled Hosseini

Dear Khaled,

Thanks to you too!

Thanks so much for your personal reply; it encouraged us deeply, particularly Abdulai and Raziq who have watched The Kite Runner 5 times!

Do stay in touch and join us on the 21^st of September 2009 at the Bamiyan Buddhas if your schedule allows you.

Every human heart wonders about the 1000-times-over sort of friendship. Thanks for increasing our hope and our imagination!

( Be at peace! )

Our Journey to Smile

Scheffer

21/2/2009 Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has said that failure in Afghanistan is “not an option” but he ruled out a military solution alone. “We should not be under any illusion there is a military solution,” he said.

Kyrgyz MPs have voted to close a key US base supplying troops in Afghanistan. The Manas base in Kyrgyzstan is used by thousands of US soldiers every month on their way to and from Afghanistan.

Swat-style truce acceptable

Robert Gates

Pakistan Swat-style truce in Afghanistan acceptable

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on 20/2/2009 that Washington could accept a political agreement between the Afghan government and the Taliban if the insurgents will lay down their arms and accept the government’s terms.