A glassy-eyed Afghan teenager sits mutely beside his father, hunched over a tray of tea and candy, unable to tell the painful story of how he was kidnapped by a policeman to be used as his sex slave.

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 ...

Afghanistan is set to lay out stringent penalties for "bacha bazi" -– sexual slavery and abuse of boys –- for the first time, officials say, in a landmark move against the deeply entrenched practice.

Adorned in makeup, fake breasts and bells, Jawed whirls around middle-aged men at Kabuls underground bacha bazi, or "boy play" parties, where the former child sex slave finds freedom of sorts as a ...

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, Afghan children and teenagers have increasingly become the victims of starvation, child marriage, organ trafficking, and natural disasters ...

The recent outrage over reports of systematic child rape by Afghan security forces may be justified, but sadly there is little novelty to the reports themselves. Even the Sunday New York Times article ...

A growing number of Afghan children are being coerced into a life of abuse as a result of the practice of wealthy or prominent Afghans exploiting underage boys as sexual partners. A growing number of ...