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It's literally just been formed. It's a 501 C3, non-profit charitable foundation called, unsurprisingly, the Khalled Hosseini Foundation. The aim is to help refugees and aim vulnerable women and children.
Khaled Hosseini
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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
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The country [Afghanistan] faces enormous problems. There is a violent insurgency hampering the rule of law and developmental efforts.
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Whether you do something or decide to do nothing, either way, you are making a moral choice. And I hope people make the right one.
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President Karzai is an incredibly kind and decent man. I had the pleasure of meeting him, and he genuinely cares for his people. But I think he had too much of a tendency to want to rule by listening to all voices at all times.
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these random unkind moment that catch you wen you least expect them.
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