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But his precautionary measures were not enough. This video can not be played. 1 However, there is sparse evidence, anecdote and data being reported on the situations of sexual and gender minorities in the country, and there are no SOGI advocacy organisations or networks known of. Ministers 'committed' to gay pardon law. 2 According to the General, Afghan police forces arrested 97 individuals in relation to homosexuality. Sideways glances, comments, insults: Khalid has experienced all these again and again on the streets of Kabul. 3 Turkmenistan criminalises same-sex sexual activity between men. Like the other gay men who spoke to The Associated Press, he said that as a young man he felt that he wanted to be "normal," and concealed his sexuality, until it just became too difficult. 4 Sign In Create your free profile. First Last. 5 First Last. And he knows that this alone can be dangerous for him. 6 In Afghanistan's conservative, religious society, sex outside marriage and same-sex sexual activity are illegal. The passage of the revised Penal Code in was praised by the UN for its compliance with international obligations, however there has been a return to strict Sharia law following the takeover of the Taliban in 7 Since the Taliban's takeover in mid-August , he has been hiding in the windowless back room of a friend's now-closed shop in Kabul. He has no more energy to be optimistic. 8 60 LGBT Afghans from October to December Most of those interviewed were in Afghanistan, while others had fled to nearby countries where they remain in. Sign up to receive updates Join our newsletter to receive regular updates about decriminalisation efforts around the world, including breaking news on key legal cases, hot off the press reports, invitations to events and messages from our Chief Executive. 9 A gay student from Kabul tells Newsbeat how life has changed under the Taliban. Naveed and Rameen, young gay men in the capital Kabul have lost count of the number of times they've been lured into dangerous situations on what they believed to be dates. 10

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