Frontline - Season 28 Episode 7
In Afghanistan today, in the midst of war and endemic poverty, an ancient tradition ? banned when the Taliban were in power ? has re-emerged across the country. It?s called Bacha Bazi, translated literally as ?boy play.? Hundreds of boys, some as young as 11, street orphans or boys bought from poor families by former warlords and powerful businessmen, are dressed in women?s clothes, taught to sing and dance for the entertainment of male audiences and then sold to the highest bidder or traded among the men for sex. With remarkable access inside a Bacha Bazi ring operating in northern Afghanistan, Afghan journalist Najibullah Quraishi investigates this practice, still illegal under Afghan law, talking with the boys, their families and their masters, exposing the sexual abuse and even murders of the boys, and documenting how Afghan authorities responsible for stopping these crimes are sometimes themselves complicit in the practice.
First Air Date : 1983-01-17
Last Air date : 2025-03-25
Runtime : 57 minutes
Genre : Documentary, News
Cast : Will Lyman
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Subtitles :
- Season 28 : Episode 12010-02-02
- Season 28 : Episode 22010-02-09
- Season 28 : Episode 32010-02-23
- Season 28 : Episode 42010-03-02
- Season 28 : Episode 52010-03-30
- Season 28 : Episode 62010-04-13
- Season 28 : Episode 72010-04-20
- Season 28 : Episode 82010-04-27
- Season 28 : Episode 92010-05-04
- Season 28 : Episode 102010-05-18
- Season 28 : Episode 112010-08-25
- Season 28 : Episode 122010-10-19
- Season 28 : Episode 132010-10-26
- Season 28 : Episode 142010-11-09
- Season 28 : Episode 152010-11-23
