Homosexual customs return to Kandahar SUMMARY: Taliban rule is over in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and Western journalists have already noted that traditions of homosexuality are re-emerging. Taliban rule is over in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and Western journalists have already noted that traditions of homosexuality are re-emerging. Kandahar's Pashtuns have started to become visible again with their "ashna" -- teenagers who are groomed for sex. Before the Taliban took over in 1994, Pashtuns could be seen everywhere with their young boys on whom they showered expensive gifts. Living in poverty, the boys could not refuse the Pashtuns. Once a boy becomes the property of a Pashtun, who is usually married with a wife and family, he is marked out. The Kandaharis, however, accept Pashtun relationships as part of their culture. Pashtun and their ashna "beloveds" have been part of everyday life for centuries. "In the days of the Mujahidin, there were men with their ashna everywhere, at every corner, in shops, on the streets, in hotels: It was completely open, a part of life," Torjan, 38, one of the soldiers loyal to Kandahar's new governor, Gul Agha Sherzai, told the Times newspaper. "They are just emerging again," Torjan said. "The fighters too now have the boys in their barracks. This was brought to the attention of Gul Agha, who ordered the boys to be expelled, but it continues. The boys live with the fighters very openly. In a short time, and certainly within a year, it will be like pre-Taliban: They will be everywhere."
Don't tell the Marines that they were fighting to protect the rights of Pashtun men to practice homosexual pedophilia. Something tells me that the Marines would not be happy about that.
If You all remember, I pointed out the high percentage of homosexuality in Afghanistan and other "VERY HIGH MORAL" places. It goes to show that if you disallow normal contact between men and women this is what will happen. The Pashtun people are very, very strict with the women, not allowing them to have any contact with men not of their direct family. That is absolutely horrible.
Khan, you did point that out, and we also see this behavior with Catholic Priests. Supressing natural urges only causes trouble.
