With the American withdrawal from Afghanistan now complete, there are fears the Taliban will quickly reimpose their brutal interpretation of Islam on the country. 'My friends in Afghanistan are scared, they don't know what will happen to them in the future so they're just trying to hide.' The Taliban hasn't changed, because their ideology hasn't changed.'
'They are trying to tell the world "we are changed and we don't have problems with women's rights or human rights",' Akbary said. He said the attack is just an early example of what life will be like for gay people under Taliban rule, as the final US troops left the country.
The man's fate was revealed by Artemis Akbary, an Afghan rights activist now living in Turkey, who told ITV News that he had been in touch with the man. Taliban fighters who tricked a gay man into coming out of hiding then beat and raped him, according to activists (file image)