Ben Goldsmith(@BenGoldsmith):Paedophilia in Afghan society is not a bug, it’s a feature. Boys and girls grow up being raped as a matter of course. Look up ‘bacha bazi’, which is the normalised and systemic rape of young boys by Afghan men. It’s hard to think of a more perverted society.

2026.05.20 19:45

Paedophilia in Afghan society is not a bug, it’s a feature. Boys and girls grow up being raped as a matter of course. Look up ‘bacha bazi’, which is the normalised and systemic rape of young boys by Afghan men. It’s hard to think of a more perverted society.

Qais Alamdar@Qaisalamdar

2026.05.20 07:13

''Girls are being raped. Not metaphorically. Not as legal shorthand. The day their bodies bleed for the first time, they will be made pregnant by a man four, five, or six times their age, and their small bodies tell the rest. Thirty-two per cent of deaths for Afghan girls aged 15 to 19 are pregnancy-related and Afghanistan's maternal mortality rate is among the world's highest, 521 deaths per 100,000 live births.'' - Writes @NasimiShabnam