Rahim Khan found Hassan and he was married and expecting a child. Rahim Khan finds out that Ali had been killed by a land mine. Hassan wanted to know everything about Amir and Baba. He wants Rahim to read a letter from Amir to him and when he finds out that Baba had died, he was very miserable. Hassan and his wife decides to move in with Rahim Khan but live as a servant so he doesn't offens Amir. Hassan's new born daughter is born stillborn. And suprisingly, Hassan's mother returns to see him, after she was attacked with a knife. They put ther back to health. Hassan's wife gives birth to a son named Sohrab. Hassan's mother dies four years later. Hassan teaches his son how to kite running. But Taliban banned kite fighting shortly after taking over and killing Hazaras in Mazar-i-Shaif.
Amir asks Rahim Khan where Hassan can be found. Rahim Khan hands Amir a letter and a picture. That letter explained how Hassan and his family is living under Taliban rules and his family's life. An the letter also implies that Hassan wants to see his friend Amir. A month after Rahim Khan had left for Pakistan, Hassan and his wife was shot dead due to them not wanting to leave the house. Rahim Khan finds out and asks Amir to go back to Kabul and bring back Sohrab back to him.
Amir enters Afghanistan with the help of Farid. At first Farid dislikes Amir and thinks he wants to sell his land. But when Amir is invited for dinner and tells them that he is here to save his half brother's son. Farid wants to give food to Amir when he doesn't have enough for his family. Farid also thinks better of him when he learns that he is going to Kabul.
Amir enters kabul and realizes the destruction and the begging children which leaves him shock. Amir and Farid locate the orphange Sohrab has been staying in. But they find out that Sohrab was sold to a Talib Official. But the man knows where Sohrab is so they go look for him.
Amir and Farid go visit Amir's childhood home. They find out the neighborhood is filled with rich Talibans. The next day they go to the Ghazi Stadium to find out who bought Sohrab. In the stadium, there was a man and a woman getting stoned to death during half time by a man wearing John Lennon sunglasses, a Taliban official. Amir gets an appointment with the man at 8.
Amir goes to see the official alone at his palatial home. Amir gets verbally abused and threathed by the official. Then he told some guards to go get Sohrab, and Amir notices that Sohrab looks like Hassan. He was dressed up and had to dance to any song whenever he was told. The official asks where Ali. And when the official removes is glasses, Amir realize that the official is Assef.
Assef tells Amir that he can have Sohrab after they finish something that they have started. Assef starts beating Amir up and Amir starts laughing. Amir thought that it was comforting to get beaten up finally. But laughing makes Assef more angry. Sohrab gets Amir out and Farid drives them away.
Amir faints and when he wakes up he has to run away because the Taliban is looking for him. Sohrab and Amir gets close and when he woke up one night, Sohrab was gone. Sohrab tells Amir that he is starting to forget how his parent look like. The Amir offers Sohrab to go to America and live with him. Amir calls his wife and sya that he wants to adopt Sohrab. But they find out that adopting him might be really hard. They are introduced to a immigration lawyer who is willing to help. Sohrab doesn't want to go to an orphange, but he rather die then going there again so he tries to commit suicide. But thankfully, he didn't die and he tells Amir that he wished he had died. Then he doesn't speak for the next year. Then When they returned to America, they had a party. And they competed in a Kite Running contest and won. Amir helped Sohrab like Hassan helped Amir win the competetion, they won.
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