The door of the blue bus slides open and dozens of children excitedly bound up the steps, eager to get...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The children of Kabul love the blue bus — they rush toward it every time it...
A boisterous roar sweeps through the crowd as a pair of roosters spar in a sandy pit, their spurs kicking, wings flapping and beaks pecking.
Not so long ago Fakira roamed the mean streets of the Afghan capital, hawking magazines for 13 U.S. cents apiece to support her poverty-stricken family. Next month, the 15-year-old cellist appears in America's most prestigious concert halls, performing alongside other former street children and orphans of Afghanistan's decades of violence.
