'Kite Runner' film banned in Afghanistan

The Afghan government has banned 'The Kite Runner' film from cinemas and DVD shops, an official said today, although Afghan shop owners with stalls at US 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.