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Bacha bazi was outlawed during the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan period. [13] [14] [15] Nevertheless, it was widely practiced. Force and coercion were common, and security officials of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan stated they were unable to end such practices and that many of the men involved in bacha bazi were powerful and well-armed ...
Bacha bazi (from the Persian bacheh بچه, literally "preying on children"), is a form of sexual slavery and child prostitution [2] in which prepubescent and adolescent boys are sold to wealthy or powerful men for entertainment and sexual activities. This business thrives in Afghanistan, where many men keep dancing boys as status symbols.
The Afghan custom of bacha bazi, a form of pederastic sexual slavery, child sexual abuse and pedophilia which is traditionally practiced in various provinces of Afghanistan between older men and young adolescent "dancing boys", was also forbidden under the six-year rule of the Taliban régime. [170]
Bacha posh (Pashto: باشا بوش, lit. 'dressed up as a boy', Dari : بچه پوشی ) [ 1 ] is a practice in Afghanistan in which some families will pick a daughter to live and behave as a boy.
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The practice of bacha bazi by warlords was one of the key factors in Omar mobilizing the Taliban. [48] In early 1994, Omar led 30 men armed with 16 rifles to free two young girls who had been kidnapped and raped by a warlord, hanging him from a tank gun barrel. [49]
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