Mostly, the steps are pretty much the same– yet watching a seasoned dancer do belly dancing is always a treat to the eye.

ANNOUNCER: Tonight on FRONTLINE: In an Afghanistan ravaged by war and poverty, an ancient tradition has been secretly revived, young boys sold by their families to wealthy merchants and warlords, ...

With his hands in the air and an infectious grin spreading from ear to ear, a young Afghan boy whirls around a Kabul hospital room on his new prosthetic leg. The boy, five-year-old Ahmad Sayed Rahman, ...

KABUL (Reuters) - In a secluded gym in the Afghan capital, young women sway and jump in time with music in a Zumba dance fitness class, a new arrival in a country where dancing was once forbidden ...

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 ...

How Corruption Makes Everything Harder The New York Times' Scott Shane, Mark Mazzetti and Dexter Filkins write, "Afghanistan emerges as a looking-glass land where bribery, extortion and embezzlement ...

Lavanya Das Manikpuri’s sword-balance belly-dance on Afghan Jalebi hits millions of views, drawing massive praise online.