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the taliban tightens its grip and a humanitarian crisis unfolds. everybody was desperately trying to find anyway to get out of afghanistan because it was the only chance to stay alive. so fighting, stressful. there was lots of broken cars all over the airport and there was nothing, just a gate, to go into the plane. people were running _ towards the aircraft, the airport. there were soldiers| keeping people out. the taliban, who were beating up people with sticks, - with wires, whateve...

a child killed in the massacre, for falsely claiming it was a hoax. now on bbc news, fleeing afghanistan. when the taliban regained control of afghanistan, lgbtq+ afghans knew their lives were in grave danger. a small group were evacuated in a top—secret mission and are re—building their lives in the uk. this is their story. ive concluded that its time to end americas longest war. its time for american troops to come home. as us, uk and nato forces leave afghanistan, the taliban ti...

A teenager has received a four-year prison term for being an accomplice in a shooting death in St. Paul that set in motion a predawn raid in a downtown Minneapolis apartment that ended with Amir Locke's killing by police. Feysal J. Ali, of Minneapolis, was sentenced Wednesday in Ramsey County District Court after he pleaded guilty to being an accomplice to second-degree murder in connection ...

To the taliban. the previous government was not a good one but it was better- off than the taliban because it wasnt actively hunting us. - if we get caught, itsj just death, that is it. there is no chance of them being allowed to live. - we were already living i in an underground world. and now we have to go even deeper than that. j alis sentiments are echoed by the others. ahmed struggles with his mental health and spends a lot of time going out, drinking and trying to meet new people to forget...

Safe routes out. and while he is grateful for the new life he has, ali knows that some people will criticise the support they receive and living in a government paid for hotel. for us it is notjust a housing issue. i it is a life issue. we might be staying in a hotel room and we might take some housing, but all the people who stayed back would - have been killed. not just a few hundreds or a few dozens - or a few thousands. all of these people will be killed. - for ali, today is a day of celebra...

Everyone who speaks to me is taking a huge risk. a few miles away i meet up with ali. he asked me to hide his face and change his name and his words are re—voiced by an actor. his parents threw him out when they discovered he was bisexual and he lived alone and worked in kabul. when the taliban returned last august everything changed overnight. the anxiety was off the roof. i couldnt sleep for. four days and nights. i was awake, thinking they are coming now, they are coming now. the problem st...

You feel it was important to talk to us and tell us? because nobody is speaking on our behalf, afghan lgbt| people have always existed. i thought maybe we need to speak up, even if it isi dangerous, because if i dont do it, who is going to do it? i everything was so different from my country. what did you enjoy the most when you were doing that? 0ne organisation vital to the rescue and helping the group with a new life is micro rainbow. the charity runs safe houses for lgbt asylum seekers. sebas...