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Afghan LGBT rights activist Hamid Zaher reports that a young Afghan man seeking support on social media to leave the country was tricked by Taliban members who raped and beat him. Zaher says that this violence was already common under the governments of Hamid Karzai and Ashraf Ghani and that the Taliban will use the same tactics to persecute homosexuals. Zaher also expressed concern that many other gay men in the country could be similarly deceived by the Taliban.

The Taliban raped and beat a gay man in Kabul after tricking him into a meeting with a promise of escape from Afghanistan, says report

Sources:  Business Insider

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  1. Afghan LGBT rights activist Hamid Zaher reports that a young Afghan man seeking support to flee the country via social media was tricked by Taliban members who raped and beat him. Zaher says that it was already common under the governments of Hamid Karzai and Ashraf Ghani but says that the Taliban will use the same tactics to persecute homosexuals. He also expressed concern that many other gay men in the country could be similarly deceived by the Taliban.
  2. Afghan LGBT rights activist Hamid Zaher reports that a young Afghan man seeking support on social media to leave the country was tricked by Taliban members who raped and beat him. Zaher says that this violence was already common under the governments of Hamid Karzai and Ashraf Ghani and that the Taliban will use the same tactics to persecute homosexuals. Zaher also expressed concern that many other gay men in the country could be similarly deceived by the Taliban.

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