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Taliban accused of targeting LGBT with ‘hit list’

THE Taliban has a “kill list” targeting the LGBT community in Afghanistan, Canadian NGO Rainbow Railroad said today, and is ramping up persecution.

“This is a really scary time to be in Afghanistan,” spokesman Kimahli Powell said.

“We now know for sure the Taliban has a ‘kill list’ circulating, identifying LBTQI+ persons.”

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