Western forces have been shocked and repulsed by the widespread practice among males in the Pashtun tribes in Afghanistan to sexually molest boys as young as 9, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Some research suggests that half the Pashtun in southern towns are bacha baz, the term for an older man with a boy lover. "Having a boy has become a custom for us," Enayatullah, a 42-year-old in Baghlan province, told a Reuters reporter. "Whoever wants to show off should have a boy."
