The implication that the Taliban banned Bacha Bazi only because they are against homosexuality is wrong. Their first raids were about freeing girls held as sex slaves by local warlords.
> The practice of bacha bazi by warlords was one of the key factors in Omar mobilizing the Taliban.[40] Reportedly, in early 1994, Omar led 30 men armed with 16 rifles to free two young girls who had been kidnapped and raped by a warlord, hanging him from a tank gun barrel
They are against child sexually slavery, the confusion is over how they allow child marriage.
Their justification is that child marriage is very different than sexual slavery (brides can inherit, own property, divorce, etc) however child marriage is still very horrible.
Edit: **these are the Taliban’s justifications, not mine, I didn’t think that would be hard to understand**
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The CIA famously loved Bacha Bazi.
The implication that the Taliban banned Bacha Bazi only because they are against homosexuality is wrong. Their first raids were about freeing girls held as sex slaves by local warlords.
> The practice of bacha bazi by warlords was one of the key factors in Omar mobilizing the Taliban.[40] Reportedly, in early 1994, Omar led 30 men armed with 16 rifles to free two young girls who had been kidnapped and raped by a warlord, hanging him from a tank gun barrel
From [Wikipedia ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullah_Omar)
They are against child sexually slavery, the confusion is over how they allow child marriage.
Their justification is that child marriage is very different than sexual slavery (brides can inherit, own property, divorce, etc) however child marriage is still very horrible.
Edit: **these are the Taliban’s justifications, not mine, I didn’t think that would be hard to understand**