Occurring frequently across southern and eastern Afghanistan's rural Pashtun belt and with ethnic Tajiks in the northern Afghan countryside, bacha bazi has become a shockingly common practice.

Her report, "Pashtun Sexuality," startled not even one Afghan. But Western forces were shocked - and repulsed. For centuries, Afghan men have taken boys, roughly 9 to 15 years old, as lovers.

According to the report, the military teaches that Pashtun men are effeminate, but that’s not an indication of homosexuality. They blame the Afghan brand of homosexuality on the severe ...

An unclassified study from a military research unit in southern Afghanistan details how homosexual behavior is unusually common among men in the large ethnic group known as Pashtuns -- though they ...

The shocking case of child marriage was reported in Afghanistan's Helmand province, but Taliban is yet to charge either the ...

Some 700 former Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have reconciled with the government and are seeking to reintegrate into society. Within the past month, two insurgent commanders have given up the ...

The two men will face each other in a runoff slated for June 7, according to Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission.

Her report, "Pashtun Sexuality," startled not even one Afghan. But Western forces were shocked -- and repulsed. For centuries, Afghan men have taken boys, roughly 9 to 15 years old, as lovers.

Comment: The Pashtun practice of having sex with young boys It might not receive much global attention, but rampant pedophilia in rural Afghanistan is real and desperately needs addressing, writes ...

Occurring frequently across southern and eastern Afghanistan's rural Pashtun belt and with ethnic Tajiks in the northern Afghan countryside, bacha bazi has become a shockingly common practice.