The novel, The Kite Runner was also adapted into a feature length film in 2007 with the same name. The film, directed by Marc Foster, was nominated for an Academy Award.

This undated handout photo provided by Paramount shows Zekiria Ebrahimi, center left, and Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, center right, in a scene from The Kite Runner (PG-13).

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