He was the oldest of five children.
Grew up in the Wazir Akbar Kabul district. Khan believed in equality between sexes.
It was a wealthy area and his family was wealthy because his father worked for the foreign ministry and his mother taught Persian lit.

Later in America, rumors that the Taliban had banned kite fighting inspired Khaled to write "The Kite Runner."
When the Taliban militia was overwhelmed and pushed out of Kabul the kites came back immediately.

Father was transferred to Tehran, Iran for Afghanistan's Embassy.
Khaled was able to learn more about the classical Persian literature shared between Iran and Afghanistan.
Afghan culture did not contain a lot of fiction so he created his own stories.
He taught a Hazara family cook how to read and write.
His friendship with the cook showed him the injustice in the society.

Khaled was at home when the 200 year old monarchy was overthrown.
Daoud Khan, cousin of the king, declared himself the president of the new republic.
Khaled's Dad was sent to an embassy in Paris in 1976.
His family asked for and was granted political asylum in the united states because Afghanistan was a war zone.
They didn't return to home for 27 years.
Two years after they left, communists killed Daoud Khan (and his family) and displaced the new republic.

Khaled became interested in Biology and other Sciences.
He became a physician and practiced medicine during the years of 1996 and 2004.
He wrote his first book "The Kite Runner" while he was practicing as a physician.

The Kite Runner was published in 2003 and shortly became a bestseller.
Novel was published in 30 countries but never Afghanistan.
Parts of the book are based off of Khaled's childhood but most of it is fiction.
The Kite Runner was in the top three best selling books in the United States in 2005.
"Hosseini’s devotion to his homeland extends beyond his writings. His activism for a better Afghanistan is proof of his love for the country. Since 2006, Hosseini has served as a goodwill ambassador to the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR. His official website also contains information and links to many aid organizations helping Afghanistan in addition to The Khaled Hosseini Foundation which provides humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. The foundation came into being after a trip Hosseini made to Afghanistan in 2007. Having gone there for the first time in twenty seven years, Hosseini was immensely disturbed to discover the situation of the country he was born in."