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When Hanan met the men, they raped and beat him, Afghan LGBTQ rights activist Artemis Akbary told ITV.

Akbary told the outlet that Taliban fighters are likely to do this again.

"They'll make a profile account and deceive LGBT+ people by pretending they're a member of the community," he said.

https://news.yahoo.com/taliban-raped-beat-gay-man-081611760.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/taliban-homophobic-attack-lgbt-afghanistan-b1911848.html

https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/afghanistan-tricked-into-meeting-gay-man-raped-and-beaten-by-taliban-militants

Not only is it being claimed that some Taliban raped a man, it is also being implied that this is a Taliban policy. This despite their ideology allegedly condemning homosexuality. How is this possible??

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    Rape of captives is often not related to general sexual preferences and activity, and is further well documented in many cases. "Prison rape" is practically a meme. –  Sep 16 '21 at 18:11
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    IIRC sodomy is prohibited, so I wouldn't be surprised if they [used an object](https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-gay-rape-uzbek-community-homophobia/25105544.html) or something like that. The story you linked is rather short on details on the rape angle. (It's a somewhat popular punishment method in [the wider region](https://www.advocate.com/world/2020/9/08/teen-who-criticized-chechnyas-leader-forced-film-self-rape).) – Fizz Sep 16 '21 at 19:33
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    The much more standard Taliban punishment of olde was crush a wall on them http://web.archive.org/web/20210818123911/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-apr-03-mn-35991-story.html ; http://web.archive.org/web/20210822040910/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/16/world/execution-by-taliban-crushed-under-wall.html – Fizz Sep 16 '21 at 19:55
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    In a recent interview "Gul Rahim, a Taliban judge in a province in central Afghanistan" said that the punishment hadn't changed https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-lgbtq-people-fear-for-their-lives-under-taliban-rule/a-59144208 Full interview [here](https://www.bild.de/politik/international/bild-international/this-taliban-judge-orders-stoning-hanging-hands-chopped-of-77067554.bild.html) although it doesn't have that much on this issue. – Fizz Sep 16 '21 at 21:09
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    Apparently the Afghan version is to use a rifle barrel https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-dostum-accused-abduction-rape-former-governor/28176244.html – Fizz Sep 17 '21 at 06:58
  • Considering that rape in general is far more about power and dominance than it is about sex, I don't think this is too far fetched – Juliana Karasawa Souza Sep 23 '21 at 11:11

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