Gay taliban

Gay men have reportedly been lured to their deaths both by the Taliban government and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: according to activists, national security officials would make fake profiles on social media sites and dupe them into meeting them, often killing and raping them.

N, a year-old student living in Afghanistan, is in hiding as she hopes for news that she and her family can leave the country. As a lesbian, she believes she will be targeted by the Taliban government. Faraz, who asked to be identified by only one name, is a year-old gay man who said he fears for himself and his three sons.

Massoud Nezami, a gay activist whose name we have changed to protect his identity, was arrested and tortured by the Taliban’s notorious intelligence agency last week.

Hundreds sought to leave the country with help from foreign governments and non-governmental organizations NGOs , while many who chose to stay or could not leave went into hiding at home. Their accounts suggest that Taliban security officials now appear to be pursuing LGBTIQ people — especially gay men and trans women — more systematically than in the first few months of Taliban rule, subjecting them to physical and sexual assault and arbitrary detention. In several cases, the authorities have subjected people to public flogging for alleged same-sex relations, and the Taliban Supreme Court, on social media, has confirmed and defended the implementation of these punishments.

This situation changed after the Taliban takeover of the country in August ; [30] CNN began corresponding with a year-old gay, Christian, Hazara man who was then hiding in a house's basement in Kabul with his younger brother to avoid capture by the Taliban. CNN confirmed the man's identity through human rights activists. [citation needed].

I am also homosexual. It was hard to be gay in my country. I also heard about the Taliban taking gay men and slaughtering them like animals.

The report strongly emphasizes the existence of sexual and gender apartheid in Afghanistan under the Taliban, where LGBTQ+ individuals are severely deprived of their basic rights and become victims of the Taliban’s discriminatory and repressive policies.

Before the Taliban uprising in Afghanistan, life for gay man Abdul his name has been changed was already dangerous. If he'd spoken about his sexuality to the wrong person then, Abdul could have been arrested and taken to court for his sexuality, under Afghan laws. But since the Taliban seized control of major cities in Afghanistan last week, Abdul tells Radio 1 Newsbeat his sexuality being revealed would now have him "killed on the spot".