In September, a few weeks after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, Ustad Farida Mahwash performed a song on stage at Yerba Center for the Arts in San Francisco about her home country’s ravaged ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — A group of young Afghans – both women and men – is coming together in the country’s war-torn capital to practice a mystical Sufi Islamic dance. The group’s founder says she sees ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Fahima Mirzaie set up a dance school for women in the Afghan capital last year, hoping to help her students fight depression and find inner peace in a war-torn country where dancing ...

Svetlana clasps her hands together nervously and motions to a colleague to start the music. “Remember,” she calls to the six Afghan boys on stage. “Maintain your distance!” The traditional Afghan ...

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (January 2, 2008) - Task Force Currahee servicemembers took to the stage for a talent show at Forward Operating Base Salerno to ring in the New Year. Donning New Year's ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A group of young Afghans – both women and men – is coming together in the country’s war-torn capital to practice a mystical Sufi Islamic dance. The group’s founder says she ...