Home / Explore places / Afghanistan
Stories Set in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a landlocked mountain country of high valleys and dry plains between Central and South Asia. The Soviet invasion of 1979 triggered decades of war and exile, so its stories often turn on endurance, loyalty and return. Guy Ritchie's The Covenant and Brothers carry that wartime weight. Open Afghanistan on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Afghanistan on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Afghanistan
Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-05). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.
Browse 106 books, 139 movies, 1 TV show and 15 games set in Afghanistan.
Iron Man
After being held captive in an Afghan cave billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
During the war in Afghanistan a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.
Brothers
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife Grace and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming…
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
Lone Survivor
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable…
The Kite Runner
The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of…
War Dogs
Based on the true story of two young men David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Zero Dark Thirty
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May 2011.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years—from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding—that puts the violence,…
The Breadwinner
A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan ruled by the Taliban disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
The 10 stories above are just a sample of the 261 in the catalogue for this entry. For the full live catalogue, open Afghanistan in the StoryTerra app. On the live map you can also filter by the exact time the stories take place — any year, decade or century, from BCE to the future.
Explore cities of Afghanistan
Keep exploring
Pakistan · Iran · Uzbekistan · All places