Entry Posted February 25, 2002

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/21/international/asia/21KAND.html Another story on pedophilia amongst Afghanistan's Pashtuns. I posted a link to a similar story in The Times a little while back and questioned its accuracy, in part because the story wasn't being reported anywhere else. This article also claims that the pedophilia "played a part in the Taliban's rise in Afghanistan": the Taliban gained support when they freed a young boy over whom two commanders had fought. 12:51