2000年美国加利福利亚，知名作家阿富汗人Amir(Khalid Abdalla 饰)接到一个电话，将他带回了童年的岁月……
1978年阿富汗喀布尔，Amir（Zekiria Ebrahimi 饰）是富家少爷，仆人Ali的儿子Hassan（Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada 饰）是 他忠实的跟班与玩伴。二人参加了一场传统的斗风筝比赛，Amir经历了终身难忘的事情，两人的命运随之改变：Ali和Hassan离开了Amir家，音信全无；随着阿富汗战争的爆发，Amir和父亲移民到美国，过上了新的生活。
电话是父亲的老朋友Rahim（KhanShaun Toub 饰）打来的，希望Amir能够到阿富汗去找Hassan的儿子Sohrab (Ali Danish Bakhty Ari 饰)，等待Amir的，除了满目疮痍的家乡、不堪回首的往事，还有难以启齿的秘密。

两名阿富汗青少年，纳比和费列什泰赫相互坠入了爱河。然而由于阿富汗安全局势恶化，费列什泰赫的父亲决定为他的家人在伊朗寻求避难。于是，纳比和费列什泰赫被迫分隔两地。五年过去了，但他们对彼此的爱依然像以往一样强烈。随着时间流逝，尽管他的家庭多次被卷入部族冲突，纳比还是毅然决然地决定利用非法手段进入了伊朗，找到费列什泰赫并带她去欧洲。他坚信，与其留在阿富汗因种族或部落原因被杀害，还不如冒着非法移民的危险滞留海外。

Education is a human right that years of war in Afghanistan have reduced to a privilege. Scores of poverty stricken youth have no understanding of what it means to learn something beyond the basic street hustling skills needed for begging, selling, or pickpocketing. This is the result of the decade-long fighting that has left the country destabilized and its people physically and mentally crippled. For children like Mina, the ousting of the Taliban does not signify freedom, but a newfound responsibility to enter the workforce in order to support their families. With women no longer prisoners of their home, Mina wanders the streets of Kabul paddling cheap trinkets to government workers and foreigners hoping to secure enough money to feed her Alzheimer stricken grandfather and her heroin addicted father. Relying on Mina's income to fuel his addiction and her presence to nurse her grandfather, Omar, Mina's father forbids her to attend school. But Mina is an impulsive twelve-year-old and ... Written by Yosef Baraki

住在喀布尔的三名来自不同社会背景的阿富汗女性即将独自面对生活中的巨大危机：哈瓦是一个传统家庭的孕妇，由于在家承担繁重的劳动而担心腹中胎儿不保；受过教育的电视新闻记者玛里亚姆即将与不忠的丈夫离婚，却发现自己怀孕了；18岁的阿伊莎接受家长的安排，准备嫁给她的表哥，因为她的男友在得知她怀孕后就不见了踪影。影片以精致而小巧的结构呈现了阿富汗女性群体的普遍困境。

成長於80年代的阿富汗，街童本來以賣黃牛戲票為生。被送到孤兒院後，自由自在的生活頓時變得複雜，但遇上三位投契的室友卻令人生添上不少色彩。少年們幻想自己身處波里活歌舞片的情節中，一邊唱歌跳舞，一邊把壞蛋打到落花流水。孤兒們更有機會遠渡蘇聯，參加夏令營。雖然要接受愛黨教育，但眾人亦在旅程中體驗少年的成長味。可是，殘酷的現實很快便追上不幸的孩子。也許活在蘇聯的統治下，並不是最壞的景況。但要在亂世中勇敢生存，又談何容易？

罗娜和哈米德是两位来自阿富汗的年轻人，为了更好的生活，他们决定移民到欧洲。但在到达欧洲之前，他们还要面临一个重大抉择，一个关于他们宗教信仰的抉择。
Rona and Hamed are two young Afghans who are in love with each other. Searching for a better life, they have decided to immigrate to Europe. But they have to make a big decision to make it happen, a decision that relates to their religion and beliefs.