Games Daily Mail+ comments The children forced into 'Bacha Bazi' sexual servitude by the Taliban: The group has decriminalized marrying girls... but their commanders are guilty of equally depraved abuse towards boys

Adorned in makeup and dressed in brightly coloured women's clothing, young boys are paraded before groups of powerful men to dance, before being subjected to rape. For thousands of impoverished children in Afghanistan, this systemic sexual exploitation is the harrowing reality of Bacha Bazi. The barbaric tradition, whose name translates to 'boy play', has persisted for centuries, turning boys into sex slaves for the country's elite. While Afghanistan's Taliban rulers publicly claim to oppose the practice, Bacha Bazi continues as an open secret. Survivors who have escaped speak of beatings, rape and psychological torment, only to be cast aside once...