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http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001570030-2002020060,
00.html Disturbing: with the Taleban now gone, men and their ashnas--"young boys they have groomed for sex"--are once again on the streets of Kandahar. But I don't completely trust this article. It sensationalises: "Kandahar's Pashtuns have been notorious for their homosexuality for centuries, particularly their fondness for naive young boys. Before the Taleban arrived in 1994, the streets were filled with teenagers and their sugar daddies, flaunting their relationship." I also question this: "... the rape of young boys by warlords was one of the key factors in Mullah Omar mobilising the Taleban." Article also doesn't take great pains to distinguish between homosexuality and the apparent fondness for "naive young boys." Has this story run anywhere else? A google search for ashna indicates that the term isn't very common. 02:43