Sometimes the darkest place on earth can be one’s own soul. Towns and cities of Afghanistan and Pakistan are infested with the practice of having a ‘chottu’ or a side-kick, essentially boys from the age of 7 to 14 years for sexual pleasures. The practise of Bacha Bazi takes this cruelty a step further where young boys also known as …
After years of looking away and maintaining silence over the rampant pedophilia within Afghan security forces, the US State Department has issued a statement over recent revelations made over the Afghan custom of ‘Bacha Bazi’. As the arrest of the human rights activist demonstrates, there’s an extreme lack of willingness on part of the Afghan government to take any serious …
