The “Kite Runner” is a powerful novel by Khaled Hosseini, that tells a story about two boys, Amir and Hassan, growing up in Afghanistan during a gruesome time of war. The conflict disrupts many lives, causing loss, and trauma for many individuals. The novel explores the theme of children being forced to confront harsh realities of their world, making them mature at a young age. Through the characters of Amir and Hassan, the story illustrates how war has a heavy personal and emotional toll on children that were in Afghanistan during these times.
Some ways in which “The Kite Runner” addresses the effects of war on children is loss and trauma. The characters in the novel, especially Amir and Hassan, experience profound loss and trauma as a result of war in Afghanistan. Families are torn apart, friends are separated, and children witness lots of violence that leaves ever-lasting scars that they will think back to everyday of their lives. Secondly, is loss of innocence, war forces tons of children to grow up quickly since they have to confront harsh realities. The novel shows this when 
children are trying to cope with the brutality of their surroundings . For example Amir and Hassan are two individuals in the book that faced these realities, when the conflict started to escalate they were forced to think and act like adults even though they were young and still had lots to learn about life. My final reason for the effects on children is how they are affected psychologically. The novel really explores how they are affected mentally because of war, this is shown through the character Sohrab who is the son of Hassan in the book, dealing with emotional wounds from the experience of war. They become sad and even have post-traumatic stress because of the violence they have witnessed through their young eyes.
In summary, “The Kite Runner” shows the lasting effects of war on children of Afghanistan. Which is shown through the perspectives of Amir and Hassan in the novel, the novel really focuses on the emotional wounds caused by the conflict.