Wednesday 23 September 2015

US soldiers say they’re ordered to ignore Afghan soldiers who sexually abuse young boys

US soldiers say they’re ordered to ignore Afghan soldiers who sexually abuse young boys | Americas | News | The Independent

American soldiers have been instructed not to interfere with what is known as bacha bazi — the literal translation of “boy play.”

Radhika Coomaraswamy, the former United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, was the first international figures to speak out against the practice of Afghan soldiers molesting young boys.

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