Others threaten to leave if their bachas are taken away. Some commanders refuse to join an outpost unless there is a bacha there. Practically all of Uruzgan’s 370 local and national police checkpoints have boy slaves - some up to four. ![]() I was stunned by the sheer scale of the child abuseĮvery time I pored through my reporter’s notebook, I was stunned by the sheer scale of the child abuse. Careful to not let them get wind of my investigation, I quietly beavered away for two months under the guise of researching other stories from Uruzgan, all the while secretly interviewing sources and gathering facts. ![]() ![]() Reporting on the deeply sensitive subject was fraught with security risks as bacha bazi is largely practiced with impunity by powerful rogue policemen.
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