- Homosexuality⚢✖ Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
- Marriage⚭✖ Not legal
- Changing GenderAmbiguous
- Adoption✖ Single only
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination✖ No protections
- Military✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✖ Unequal
- Donating Blood✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
- Conversion TherapyAmbiguous
History
Male illegal, female uncertain
Less than ten years in prison. Not enforced. Death penalty in Taliban held areas.
Current status
(since Oct 7, 1976)
(since Oct 7, 1976)
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Article 427 states homosexuality will suffer long imprisonments (along with Adultery.) In addition, article 398 states that honour killing is legal
Current status
Ambiguous
Not preformed. No laws in place to do so.
Current status
(since Aug 19, 1919)
(since Aug 19, 1919)
No protections
Current status
(since Aug 19, 1919)
(since Aug 19, 1919)
No protections
No
Current status
(since Aug 19, 1919)
(since Aug 19, 1919)
No protections
None exist in the criminal code.
Current status
Legal
Missing discrimination protections and same sex activity is currently illegal.
Current status
Unequal
Homosexuality is illegal. Person must be married.
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