Afghan-Americans are grappling with shock, shame and the taboo topics of homophobia and religious intolerance in their community in the wake of Omar Mateen's massacre of dozens at a gay nightclub. Mateen, a New York-born Afghan-American, told police negotiators during his killing spree that he admired the leader of ISIS and other terrorists, but witnesses say he was a former patron of the nightclub , raising the possibility he was struggling with his sexuality and his religious beliefs. Mateen's wife, Noor Zahi Salman, told the FBI she once drove him to the nightclub because he wanted to scope it out , and his motive for reportedly using gay dating apps remains unclear. It definitely popped up in my head whether he was totally straight. He thinks that may be related to the shooting. Many regard themselves as well-integrated and at relative ease with their Islamic and Western identities, even as many conceal their sexual identity. He is, like it or not.
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TEN MONTHS OF TERROR
By Abdul Matin Sahak. And he did everything he could to me. Even by the bloody standards of the Afghan war, Islamic State has gained an unmatched reputation for brutality, routinely beheading opponents or forcing them to sit on explosives. But while forced marriages and rape have been among the most notable features of Islamic State rule in Iraq and Syria they have been much less widely reported in Afghanistan. While there have been reports in Nangarhar, the eastern province where Islamic State first appeared in and in Zabul in the south, deep taboos that can make it impossible for women to report sexual abuse make it hard to know its scale. For Zarifa, the attack forced her to leave her home in the Darzab district of south Jawzjan and seek shelter in the provincial capital of Sheberghan. Another woman, Samira, who escaped Darzab and now lives in Sheberghan, said fighters came to her house and took her 14 year-old sister to their commander. Like Zarifa, she did not want to use her full name because of the stigma against victims of sexual violence.
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The massive U. An Afghan police chief says a rocket has struck a neighborhood northwest of Kabul's international airport amid the U. There were few initial details about the incident, as well as a rocket that struck a neighborhood just northwest of the airport, killing a child. The Taliban initially described the two strikes as separate incidents, though information on both remained scarce and witnesses heard only one large blast Sunday in the Afghan capital. The airstrike came as the United States winds down a historic airlift that saw tens of thousands evacuated from Kabul's international airport, the scene of much of the chaos that engulfed the Afghan capital since the Taliban took over two weeks ago. After an Islamic State affiliate's suicide attack that killed over people, the Taliban increased its security around the airfield as Britain ended its evacuation flights Saturday. However, Afghans remaining behind in the country worry about the Taliban reverting to their earlier oppressive rule — something fueled by the recent shooting death of a folk singer in the country by the insurgents. Two American military officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military operations, called the airstrike successful and said the vehicle carried multiple bombers. Navy Capt.
