Bacha bāzī [1] (/ ˈbɑːtʃɑːbɑːˈzi /, Pashto and Dari: بچه بازی, lit. 'boy play') refers to a pederasty practice in Afghanistan in which men exploit and enslave adolescent boys for entertainment and/or sexual abuse. [2][3][4][5] The man exploiting the young boy is called a bacha baz (literally "boy player"). [3] .

Sep 13, 2022 · Bacha Bazi or dancing boys (from Persian: bacheh – “boy”, and bazi – “play, game”) is an expression used in certain parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It refers to a practice in Afghanistan engaging generally male children and male adults.

Jan 29, 2020 · The abuse of young boys in Afghanistan is systemic under the centuries-old tradition of bacha bazi, which literally translates as “boy for play”. The practice was banned under the Taliban, who ...

Jawed was kidnapped by a former jihadi commander in Shomali, north of Kabul, when he was barely 14, a victim of a hidden epidemic in Afghanistan of culturally-sanctioned male rape. He is one of...

Aug 23, 2014 · Literally translated, bacha bazi means “playing with kids,” and is slang for sexual slavery and child prostitution that thrives across Afghanistan and certain parts of Pakistan. Prepubescent...

Apr 5, 2012 · In detailed conversations with several bacha bazi masters in northern Afghanistan and with the dancing boys they own, Quraishi revealed a culture where wealthy Afghan men openly exploit some of...

Sep 8, 2019 · In a country where women are often hidden behind their burkas and excluded from most aspects of public life, young boys take their place, dancing for men as female substitutes. ‘Bacha bazi’ literally translates to ‘play with kids’ in Iranian Persian, and to ‘play with boys’ in Afghan Persian.

Nov 20, 2020 · Living in Kabul, I discovered there are numerous street boys known as the bacha bazi or “Dancing Boys.” They survive unnoticed in the open, and they barely exist as victims in a world of sexual exploitation.

May 26, 2020 · Young boys between the ages of ten to eighteen are forced to sell their bodies and their dancing skills to meet their families’ financial needs. These young boys are called Bacha Bareesh, or beardless boys, and the practice itself is called Bacha Bazi (play boy).

Oct 9, 2020 · KABUL, Afghanistan — It started as a dispute between boys: Naseebullah Barakzai, 13, was irked when a neighbor boy stole fruit and ripped limbs from his family’s pomegranate tree, and he...