We follow Ahmed Taseer, a boy from an isolated mountain village located in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. Before forcible conversion to Islam in the 19th Century, the region was known as Kafiristan, land of the Kafirs, the unbelievers.
The story extends over a period of about 20 years, during which Ahmed's friend Yusuf, a recent orphan to be adopted by Ahmed's family, is seized by the Taliban to become a suicide bomber. This prompts Ahmed...