southern Afghanistan
Afghan Subculture of Child Sex Slavery
AFP has traced three former victims of "bacha bazi", or the sexual exploitation of boys, whose testimonies lay bare one...
Life After Sexual Slavery In Afghanistan
Adorned in makeup, fake breasts and bells, Jawed whirls around middle-aged men at Kabul's underground bacha bazi, or...
Twenty Policemen, Dozens of Taliban Killed In Shah Joi
At least 20 policemen were killed in Taliban ambushes in southern Afghanistan, officials said, as security forces...
Security In Afghanistan Likely To ‘deteriorate’
The head of US intelligence agencies offered a pessimistic assessment Thursday of the security situation in...
US Aims To Eliminate IS From Afghanistan This Year
After dropping a monster bomb on its fighters, then targeting its leader, the US military is looking to destroy the...
US Special Forces Soldier Killed
The group known as Islamic State is believed to be in a strong position in Nangarhar province An American special...
Eight Afghan Police Killed In
Eight local policemen were killed by their colleagues after they were poisoned in their base in southern Afghanistan,...
Kabul To Set Penalties For Subculture of Boy Sex Slaves
Afghanistan is finally set to outlaw the sick 'bacha bazi' practice that sees young boys dressed up as women and...
The Afghan Practice of Child Sex Slavery
Afghanistan is set to criminalise the practice of "bacha bazi" -- the sexual exploitation of boys -- with a slew of...
Kabul To Set Penalties For Subculture of Boy Sex Slaves
Afghanistan is set to lay out stringent penalties for "bacha bazi" -- sexual slavery and abuse of boys -- for the first...
Trump Names Gen James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis As Defence Secretary
US President-elect Donald Trump has named Gen James Mattis, a former marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as his...
Trump Names Gen James Mattis As Defence Secretary
US President-elect Donald Trump has named Gen James Mattis, a former marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as his...
Mattis Is A ‘very Impressive’ Candidate For Defense Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he was considering retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to serve as his...
James Mattis Leading Candidate For Defense Secretary, Source Says
President-elect Donald Trump is very interested in the idea of having retired Marine Gen. James Mattis serve in his...