Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, is evidently an example of post colonial text as shown through the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, the presence of the Taliban in Kabul and the exodus of Afghani refugees to America and other surrounding countries. The impacts of colonization destroyed Afghani culture turned Afghanistan into a war-zone full of corruption and oppression as depicted in The Kite Runner novel.

The Soviet Union colonized Afghanistan in December of 1979 to support the Afghan communist government. They remained in Afghanistan until February of 1989. The Kite Runner, set partly in the late 70’s in Afghanistan, displays this event and the aftermath from the perspective of Amir, a young boy from Kabul. “The Afghan War quickly