"The KIte Runner" Banned in Afghanistan
"The KIte Runner" Banned in Afghanistan
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan government has banned "The Kite Runner" film from theaters and DVD shops, an official said Wednesday, though Afghan shop owners with stalls at U.S. military bases are still selling the movie there.
The Afghan government banned the film more than a month ago because of a rape scene of a young boy and the ethnic tensions that the film highlights, said Din Mohammad Rashed Mubarez, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Information and Culture. Shops selling the movie would be closed, he said.
"It showed the ethnic groups of Afghanistan in a bad light," Mubarez said. "We respect freedom of speech, we support freedom of speech, but unfortunately we have difficulties in Afghan society, and if this film is shown in the cinemas, it is humiliating for one of our ethnic groups."
"The Kite Runner" is based on the 2003 best-selling novel by Afghan-American writer Khaled Hosseini.
The Afghan government banned the film more than a month ago because of a rape scene of a young boy and the ethnic tensions that the film highlights, said Din Mohammad Rashed Mubarez, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Information and Culture. Shops selling the movie would be closed, he said.
"It showed the ethnic groups of Afghanistan in a bad light," Mubarez said. "We respect freedom of speech, we support freedom of speech, but unfortunately we have difficulties in Afghan society, and if this film is shown in the cinemas, it is humiliating for one of our ethnic groups."
"The Kite Runner" is based on the 2003 best-selling novel by Afghan-American writer Khaled Hosseini.
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