Why We Must Discuss Afghanistan’s Horrific Pedophilia and Misogyny Crisis

A Critical Examination of Human Rights Violations in War-Torn Afghanistan

Joe Treetop
ILLUMINATION
Published in
8 min readFeb 1, 2024

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The image depicts a young Afghan boy clad in traditional attire, wearing makeup and little bells on his wrist. This represents the horrible tradition called “Bacha Bazi,” which the article discusses.
Image created by the author with DALL·E 3

Author’s Note: Researching this topic was a joyless endeavor. As I waded through mistakenly flagged OpenAI policy violations and vicarious discomfort, gasping for moral clarity, I found none. There were only stories

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Joe Treetop
ILLUMINATION

Essayist on the peculiar and delightfully absurd aspects of life, guilty of wielding satire | Culture needs dissecting, and I have just the sharpie!