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Senate blocks Afghan Bacha bāzī aka Dancing Boy funding prohibition
 [Breitbart] Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) last week tried to block billions in U.S. taxpayer funds from going to the Afghan military and police forces unless its’ units stopped sexually abusing young boys, but he was opposed by Senate Foreign Relations Committee leaders.During a committee business meeting last Wednesday considering the reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, Paul proposed an amendment to withhold all U.S. funding for all Afghan security forces unless the U.S. government’s watchdog in Afghanistan could verify those forces were not using children as child soldiers or sex slaves. The U.S. is slated to provide Afghan security forces ‐ military and police ‐ with $4.92 billion in 2019 for equipment, training, supplies, services, infrastructure repair and other funding. Paul told other members, according to a transcript of the business meeting first obtained by Breitbart News: "I think that the committee is right to be gravely concerned with sexual trafficking and abuse of young people around the world in a variety of countries. I think we shouldn’t turn a blind eye towards when our allies are responsible for this, as well." Posted by: Besoeker 2018-10-02 |
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