Afghanistan is set to criminalise the practice of "bacha bazi" -- the sexual exploitation of boys -- with a slew of stringent punishments laid out for the first time in a revised penal code. The move ...

“Bacha bazi” are the dancing boys of Afghanistan — boys who are forced to dress as females to dance and entertain Pashtun men, who make them their sex slaves. Look, a drag queen named “Nicole ...

The Taliban are accused of using child sex slaves to attack police in southern Afghanistan, exploiting the cultural practice of "bacha bazi" -- paedophilic boy play -- for military gain. The ...

The 20-odd men who had come to the party were expecting a dancing boy, or bacha bereesh. Some were drinking while others were smoking hashish in open windows, looking down into the street of the ...

The code has been copied to your clipboard. Activists are calling on the Afghan government to enact a new law against the sexual exploitation of children. The Afghan Independent Human Rights ...

Powerful warlords, commanders, politicians and other members of the elite often keep "bachas" as a symbol of authority and affluence. The move comes after an AFP report last year found the Taliban are ...