Afghan Quote by Khaled Hosseini

I'm sorry," Laila says, marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief. And yet, she sees, people…

— Khaled Hosseini

Without women taking an active role in Afghan society, rebuilding Afghanistan is going to be very difficult.

— Khaled Hosseini

We stayed huddled that way until the early hours of the morning. The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour, but they…

— Khaled Hosseini

Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.

— Khaled Hosseini

I have been involved with the UN refugee agency for a few years now, and we have done events to speak about refugees, focusing…

— Khaled Hosseini

In early 1999, I was watching TV, when I came across a story on Afghanistan. It was a story about the Taliban and the…

— Khaled Hosseini

The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating effect on…

— Khaled Hosseini

In Afghan society, parents play a central role in the lives of their children; the parent-child relationship is fundamental to who you are and…

— Khaled Hosseini

For a novelist, it’s kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture. That said, I’m in a unique position to speak on…

— Khaled Hosseini

I wanted to write about Afghanistan before the Soviet war because that is largely a forgotten period in modern Afghan history.

— Khaled Hosseini

We will also be funding projects that empower women and children in Afghanistan and now and then give scholarships to Afghan students here in…

— Khaled Hosseini

Throughout the last century there were multiple attempts at giving Afghan women more autonomy, to change marriage laws, to abolish the practice of bride…

— Khaled Hosseini