Army retains decorated Green Beret it planned to kick out over confronting Afghan child rapist
This article was originally published on FoxNews.com on April 29, 2018 EXCLUSIVE TO FOX NEWS: In a stunning reversal, the U.S. Army decided late Thursday to retain a decorated Green Beret it had planned to kick out after he physically confronted a local Afghan commander accused of raping a boy over the course of many days. Sgt 1st Class Charles …
U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies
This article was originally published on NYTimes.com on September 20, 2015 KABUL, Afghanistan — In his last phone call home, Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr. told his father what was troubling him: From his bunk in southern Afghanistan, he could hear Afghan police officers sexually abusing boys they had brought to the base. “At night we can hear them screaming, …
US Soldiers Forced To Retire After Refusing Orders to Ignore Children Being Raped by Police Officers
This article was originally published on CounterCurrentNews.com on January 16, 2016 Imagine that you witnessed child sexual abuse while on the job, but your boss told you not to do anything to stop it. Now imagine that your boss was the United States government. That’s exactly what happened to Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr. In his last phone call, he told …
Readers React to Afghan Allies’ Sexual Abuse of Boys
This article was originally published on NYTimes.com on September 21, 2013 Again and again, American soldiers discovered that their Afghan counterparts were sexually abusing boys, sometimes on American military bases. But after reporting the crimes, they were told by their superiors to ignore them or punished for taking matters into their own hands. In more than 1,000 comments posted on …
“Bacha Bazi”: Obama’s Silence on Afghan Military’s Child Rape
This article was originally published on TownHall.com on September 25, 2015 American soldiers are being punished for blowing the whistle on the systematic rape and enslavement of young boys at the hands of brutal Afghan Muslim military officials. Honorable men in uniform risked their careers and lives to stop the abuse. Yet, the White House — which was busy tweeting …
Bacha Bazi: An Afghan Tragedy
This article was originally published on ForiegnPolicy.com on October 13, 2013 With the looming withdrawal of NATO troops and a persistent insurgent threat, Afghanistan is in a precarious position. Innumerable tragedies have beleaguered rural Afghans throughout the past decades of conflict — perpetual violence, oppression of women, and crushing poverty have all contributed to the Hobbesian nature of life in …