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With The Taliban In Power, Best-Selling Author Worries For The Afghan People Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email Updated August 19, 2021 11:00 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition A MARTÍNEZ Twitter LISTEN · 6:59 6-Minute Listen Add to PLAYLIST Download Embed Transcript Afghan-born American novelist Khaled Hosseini, photographed in Rome in 2008. TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images Khaled Hosseini is all too familiar with the heartbreak of Afghanistan's history. His epic novels, like The Kite Runner , richly portray the ups and downs of a country shattered by decades of war, tribal feuds, coups and corruption. From his home state of California, Hosseini started a foundation some years ago to support Afghans displaced by war. He believes that the U.S. and the international community have a moral obligation to help tens of thousands of vulnerable Afghans leave the country . This is a group that for 20 years has systematically brutalized and terro...