Man with dreams of becoming a doctor slaughtered by Taliban just for being gay
Taliban.Hamed Sabouri, 22, was killed in August, local activists told PinkNews.Sabouri, from Kabul, was reportedly kidnapped by extremists who filmed the very moment they shot him to death.Taliban forces, showing the impunity they feel in carrying out such vicious anti-LGBTQ+ violence, then sent the clip to the victim’s family days later.To Bahar, a gay Afghan and LGBTQ+ campaigner, Sabouri was a ‘shy’ person with the kind of laughter that’s hard not to find contagious.
He hoped to one day become a doctor, Bahar said, but the Taliban’s bloody takeover of Afghanistan threw his life — and countless other LGBTQ+ Afghans — into peril.‘Life is hell for every LGBT Afghan.
Taliban terrorists are worse than wild animals,’ Bahar told the LGBTQ+ news outlet. When Bahar discovered his friend had been murdered, he deleted any photographs and videos he had of Sabouri.He lives in fear of the Taliban searching his mobile phone and discovering his sexuality, as door-to-door raids to locate those they consider enemies of the ‘Islamic emirate’ remain common.When the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in August 2021, the group promised a different kind of Islamic government, a modern one that respected women.These promises quickly vanished, however.
LGBTQ+ Afghans have become top targets of the Taliban, facing a wave of violence that has included ‘forced disappearance’, torture and stoning, according to Rainbow Afghanistan.
