It depends what your definition of “homosexuality” is…
As if Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, did not have enough to worry about waging counterinsurgency warfare, an anthropological study commissioned by the U.S. military concluded that the United States’ tribal Pashtun allies in southern Afghanistan prefer boys.
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The unclassified 18-page report, produced in 2009, stated that while many Pashtun men consider homosexuality to be forbidden under Islam, they do not consider sexual relations between boys and men to be homosexuality.
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One aspect of Pashtun society is that young, hairless boys are often taken as lovers by more powerful men. These boys are usually known as “Halekons.” The report said, “known frequently as halekon, ashna, or bacha bereesh, ‘beautiful’ beardless boys are coveted, almost as possessions, by men of status and position for sexual relationships. Further, the more attractive or talented the boy is deemed, the more his presence elevates the status of his patron.”
