‘LGBT+ Afghans fear being butchered by the Taliban. Some are on the verge of mental breakdown and have been driven to suicidal thoughts,’ explains Peter Tatchell, the prominent LGBTQ+ activist and human rights campaigner.
may have subsided, but for the LGBT+ people still trapped and facing displacement, the trauma will remain forever ingrained in a psyche already scarred by war.’s violent takeover of Kabul, but still its effects continue to be felt. With growing reports of kidnap, beatings and executions — an already oppressed LGBT+ community has been forced to take desperate measures to avoid detection.
Fahim, a transgender journalist, was kidnapped by Taliban militants while at a hospital seeking treatment for a severe stab wound. After losing all contact, we feared the worst. We have since learnt he managed to evade his captors, but still the trauma haunts him. According to LGBT+ rights activist Nemat Sadat, ‘Famine is setting in and more LGBT+ people are getting tortured.’
‘Famine is setting in and more LGBT+ people are getting tortured. Within two years’ time, most LGBT+ people will perish. This is a hidden genocide and an endangered community that risks losing all of its members.’To chart their journeys since we last spoke soon after the invasion of Kabul, Finally we came to Islamabad, but it’s not for lesbians or gay people – we don’t have any rights here. Still I have to pretend like I’m a heterosexual person and I can’t move freely because my visa has expired. If I apply to get another I would have to go back to Afghanistan, which is something I don’t want to do.
I feel scared, but on the other hand I feel stronger because I want to try my best to fight for my life and my identity. I want to get my rights one day and also reach another safe country and live as I am with my identity.’For Ahmadullah, whose boyfriend was brutally murdered by Taliban militants, life will never be the same again. Having managed to escape Kabul on a chartered flight, he now finds himself trapped in a refugee camp in the United Arab Emirates.
One of our classmates called me and told me: “They have killed your best friend. First they took him out of his home, beat him and beheaded him.” I was in shock and didn’t know what to do – I just grabbed my bag and ran. I’m glad I’m away from the Taliban, but I’m still at high risk. If they find out about me here, they will send me back. The Taliban have a list of LGBT people and I’m near the top because I beat one of the Talibs who tried to stab me.
I was becoming scared. I tried to escape, but they beat me. They punched me in the nose and it was broken. One of the men had a small knife and he cut my right hand and also broke two of my fingers. Because of the beating, I fell unconscious. I woke up in a hospital they had taken me to and someone sewed up the wound on my hand. After this, I was put into a car and transported to Baghlan Province.
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