That kıss confirmed to me at the time, who I was, and who I am today! I still remember avoiding coming out of the water to hide my visible boner from him. It was sweet, awkward, passionate, private, all at once. Finally, after looking into each other’s eyes for a while, with my heart racing and finding it hard to remain calm, I leaned over to him. We played around, wrestled, and laughed a lot.
We found a private spot to leave our stuff then went into the river. This was something which we'd often do with friends so we both knew it wouldn't raise any suspicions with our families. The exciting tension between us kept growing until it became unbearable! So one day, we decided to hang out by the river. The more we chatted, the more we found we had in common. The next time he came to deliver a package to our house, he handed me, with a smirk, a small note with his phone number written on it! Next thing I know, he started to ask people about me. Our eyes met, and a spark just ignited itself. “We have heard anecdotal reports that many grow up to keep their own bachas, perpetuating the revolving door of abuse.But one day, this delivery boy about my age came with a package for my mother. “In the absence of any services to recover or rehabilitate boys who are caught in this horrendous abuse, it’s hard to know what happens to these children,” said Charu Lata Hogg, a London-based fellow at think tank Chatham House. In turn, many teen victims are said to grow up to have young boy lovers of their own, repeating the cycle of abuse. Bacha bazi results in fear among the children and a feeling of revenge and hostility develop in their mind.” “Such victims suffer from stress and a sort of distrust, hopelessness and pessimistic feeling. “The victims of bacha bazi suffer from serious psychological trauma as they often get raped,” AIHRC’s report said. Many of them are kidnapped and sometimes desperate poverty drives their families to sell them to abusers. The move comes after an AFP report last year revealed the Taliban was exploiting bacha bazi, one of the most egregious violations of human rights in the country, to mount deadly insider attacks in the volatile south.īeautiful boys: bacha bazi remains ingrained in #afghan power circles #childabuse /1bXBlm4sWeâ Afghanistan Today August 26, 2014īachas are typically aged between 10 and 18. It’s a centuries old practice in Afghanistan known as “bacha bazi” and in recent years it’s made a resurgence.Īfghanistan this week announced it is set to criminalise bacha bazi with a slew of stringent punishments laid out for the first time in a revised penal code. They are referred to as “bachas” and used as dancers at private parties by powerful warlords, commanders, politicians and other members of the elite who keep them as a symbol of authority and affluence and often sexually exploit them.
The boys, typically aged from 10-18, are coerced or abducted from the streets, then dressed in women’s clothes and forced to dance as entertainment. Rich and powerful men have been prowling the streets of Afghanistan in search of poor and orphaned boys to use as sex slaves and entertainment for centuries. THEY look for young boys who have nothing.