{"id":1173235,"date":"2021-12-30T16:49:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T21:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1173235"},"modified":"2021-12-30T16:49:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T21:49:31","slug":"taliban-rule-attackers-burn-transgender-afghans-feet-in-torture-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-rule-attackers-burn-transgender-afghans-feet-in-torture-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Rule: Attackers Burn Transgender Afghan&#039;s Feet in Torture Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaliban-rule-attackers-burn-transgender-afghans-feet-in-torture-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1173235&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Afghan outlet Tolo News reported on Wednesday that transgender people in the country are facing heightened fear of brutal violence under the Taliban rule, detailing the story of one person beaten and burned by a gang of attackers.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Sabor Husseini, who the broadcaster identified as a \u201ctransgender person,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tolonews.com\/afghanistan-176098\">told<\/a> Tolo News that \u201cunknown individuals\u201d staged a gang beating that began after Husseini refused to engage in sexual relations with them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey were three people, and their faces were covered. They beat me and I was screaming and then I was unconscious,\u201d Husseini told the outlet, adding that \u201cthe attackers burned his feet,\u201d according to Tolo. Husseini added that the attack was the second in as many years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know why and for how long I will be facing these problems. They beat us and insult us,\u201d Husseini lamented.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Transgender Person Attacked by Unknown Individuals in Herat<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TOLOnews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TOLOnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iUF8ZdbNRF\">https:\/\/t.co\/iUF8ZdbNRF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOLOnews\/status\/1476223116242264071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The incident occurred in Herat, western Afghanistan, where Tolo News noted transgender people had long complained of a \u201clack of protection\u201d from gang attacks and general street harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Complicating matters is the return of the Taliban jihadist government in Kabul. The Taliban took over the city in August as a result of President Joe Biden breaking an agreement that Washington had made with the terrorists last year. Under President Donald Trump, the Taliban had agreed not to attack foreign forces or maintain ties with jihadist groups such as al-Qaeda if the American military fully withdrew from the country by May 1, 2021. Biden chose to break the agreement and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/04\/13\/joe-biden-withdraw-remaining-us-troops-afghanistan-september-11-continuation-trump-plan\/\">extend<\/a> the 20-year Afghan civil war, inviting a nationwide&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/07\/29\/taliban-attacks-biden-afghanistan\/\">campaign<\/a> on the Taliban\u2019s part that saw tens of thousands of attacks and, often, the bloodless surrender of Afghan forces in major cities. By August 15, the Taliban simply walked into Kabul as former President Ashraf Ghani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/16\/report-ex-afghan-president-left-with-so-much-cash-it-didnt-fit-in-his-helicopter\/\">packed up<\/a> millions in cash and fled the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban initially announced that it had changed since its brutal rule in the 1990s, characterized by regular public executions and extreme beatings and torture of women, suspected LGBT people, and anyone whose behavior authorities classified as anti-Islamic. While asserting they would implement&nbsp;<em>Sharia<\/em>, or Islamic law, nationwide, Taliban jihadists promised an \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/18\/martel-the-world-is-falling-talibans-inclusive-language-hoax\/\">inclusive<\/a>\u201d government. That \u201cinclusivity\u201d \u2013 which the Taliban never implemented, as all major government positions are currently in the hands of Taliban terrorists \u2013 never included LGBT people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLGBT \u2026 That\u2019s against our Sharia law,\u201d Taliban \u201cfinance ministry\u201d spokesman&nbsp;Ahmad Wali Haqmal&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/news.trust.org\/item\/20211029082858-jijlg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">told<\/a>&nbsp;Reuters in October.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17803538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP_909824751415.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17803538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP_909824751415.png\" alt=\"A woman clad in a burqa looks at other pieces of Afghanistan&#039;s traditional, all-encompassing dress at a store in Mazar-i Sharif, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo\/Mustafa Najafizada)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A woman clad in a burqa looks at other pieces of Afghanistan\u2019s traditional, all-encompassing dress at a store in Mazar-i Sharif, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo\/Mustafa Najafizada)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reports rapidly surfaced of incidents of violence against LGBT Afghans and those suspected of being so following the Taliban\u2019s return to power, many at the hands of suspected low-level Taliban terrorists. In Kabul, a gay man identified by the pseudonym Hanan was among the many reportedly targeted by suspected Taliban jihadists through false solicitations for a meeting. ITV News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/30\/taliban-rape-beat-gay-man-kabul\/\">reported<\/a> that \u201cHanan\u201d had been desperately seeking to connect with anyone who could guarantee his exit from the country in the aftermath of the Taliban taking Kabul when Taliban jihadists contacted him, claiming they could help him if they met.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTwo people raped him, they beat him, and then demanded his father\u2019s number so they could tell him his son was gay,\u201d according to ITV.<\/p>\n<p>The organization Rainbow Railroad, which helps LGBT people escape deadly conditions in repressive countries, confirmed in November to France 24 that Afghans had notified it that people unrelated to the organization were pretending to be so and offering to help them acquire passports and visas, a report consistent with stories like Hanan\u2019s.&nbsp;Kimahli Powell, the executive director of Rainbow Road, told France 24 that the organization had reason to believe the Taliban had compiled a \u201ckill list\u201d of LGBT Afghans using requests from abroad to get them out.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[Some] individuals who have reached out to us have told us about how they\u2019ve received a mystery email from someone claiming to be connected with Rainbow Railroad asking for their information and passport,\u201d Powell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/03\/report-taliban-making-kill-list-of-gay-afghans\/\">said<\/a> at the time. \u201cThat\u2019s how we know the information has been leaked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LGBT people stuck in the country have told international outlets that they fear they have no way to continue living normally under the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am terrified. It\u2019s like a nightmare. I don\u2019t feel safe even in my room. I\u2019m scared of the Taliban,\u201d a transgender person identified as Laila <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2021\/sep\/20\/taliban-lgbtq-afghans-go-into-hiding\">told<\/a> the&nbsp;<em>Guardian<\/em> in September.&nbsp;\u201cWhen I see them I feel they will know who I am and they will come to beat me, kick me or send me to prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The outlet documented growing terror among LGBT people that any unknown phone call or email could be Taliban jihadists attempting to target and attack them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">Afghanistan was not hospitable to LGBT people \u2013 outside of those practicing the child rape tradition of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2015\/11\/03\/afghanistan-sexual-abuse-of-boys-resurrected-after-u-s-toppled-taliban\/\"><em>bacha bazi<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 under the U.S.-backed government. Afghanistan was an Islamic republic governed under&nbsp;<em>sharia<\/em> where homosexuality was a crime. Under the Taliban, however, any LGBT identity is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/wa\/ll\/bild-de\/unangemeldet-42925516.bild.html\">punishable<\/a> by death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">Biden promised to prioritize LGBT rights if elected president while campaigning last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">\u201cHate and discrimination against LGBTQ+ people started long before [former President Donald] Trump and [former Vice President Mike] Pence took office,\u201d Biden\u2019s official campaign websites <a href=\"https:\/\/joebiden.com\/lgbtq\/\">reads<\/a>. \u201cDefeating them will not solve the problem, but it is an essential first step in order to resume our march toward equality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-election-lgbt\/biden-says-he-would-withhold-foreign-aid-if-countries-discriminate-against-lgbtq-people-idUSKBN1WP20A\">promised<\/a> to withhold funding to countries that persecute gay people as a candidate and has appointed several LGBT officials in the White House, most prominently Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. In February, he signed a memorandum \u201cdirecting all U.S. government departments and agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) persons around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">As president, Biden\u2019s State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/15\/biden-prioritized-lgbt-agenda-afghanistan-terrorists-took-over\/\">posted<\/a> pro-LGBT messages online through its now-shuttered Kabul embassy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Afghan outlet Tolo News reported on Wednesday that transgender people in the country are facing heightened fear of brutal violence under the Taliban rule, detailing the story of one &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}