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.

Though U.S. troops are commonly taught in training for Afghanistan that the "effeminate characteristics" of Pashtun men are "normal" and not an indicator of homosexuality, the report said U.S ...

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 ...

For centuries, Afghan men have taken boys, roughly 9 to 15 years old, as lovers. Some research suggests that half the Pashtun tribal members in Kandahar and other southern towns are bacha baz ...

Profiles of two men who want to be Afghanistan’s next president. ... Part Tajik and part Pashtun, Abdullah is considered a relative outsider given his background.

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

Former Taliban Reconcile With Afghan Government Some 700 former Taliban fighters in ... He wears the loosely wrapped turban and long beard that's characteristic of Pashtun men in the farm ...

Traditional interrogation practices continue despite protections under Kabul's new government ...

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.

Abdullah Abdullah, Ashraf Ghani will be in a runoff slated for June 7. The two candidates won the most votes in field of 11. Historic presidential election for war-torn country ...