The Kite Runner – Detailed Answers needed for 2 questions

Are there any parts of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini that seem to slow the action and which might be eliminated without causing any significant loss to the novel?

Describe the setting at the beginning of the novel; include within your paragraph an explanation of why Hosseini chose the setting he did.

I’m asking for 150-200 words for each paragraph.