Afghanistan Indice du Voyage Gay 2026
Score = Juridique 5/60 + Scène 0/40 = 5/100 · thin scene coverage — legal-weighted provisional score
Updated 15 Oct 2026 · release 2026.3.
A live score, not an annual report — it recomputes as laws, rulings and the scene itself change. See what moved in 2026.
Sécurité juridique · Legal milestones · La scène sur place · Questions fréquentes
Les relations entre personnes de même sexe sont criminalisées ou activement réprimées ici. Consultez les conseils aux voyageurs de votre gouvernement avant tout voyage ; cette page est informative et ne constitue pas une recommandation de voyage.
Sécurité juridique — 5/60 points
| Criminalisation | Death penalty |
|---|---|
| Partenariat | ● Non not recognised |
| Anti-discrimination | ● Non |
| Reconnaissance du genre | Not possible — no legal gender recognition |
| Application dans les faits | Severe — systematic state persecution |
Research note: Taliban capital enforcement; systematic persecution documented — GayOut Index 2026.3 legal research (ILGA World / Human Dignity Trust / Rainbow Europe / Equaldex).
Legal composite, five components
Fulfilment per component (100 = maximum). Weights: criminalisation 35% · partnership 20% · enforcement 20% · anti-discrimination 15% · gender recognition 10%.
Legal milestones
Background, not travel advice — how the current status came to be. For planning a trip, rely on the current score, tier and scene sections above; 2026 movements are tracked in the sourced change log.
- 1976The penal code punished pederasty and related acts, grounding criminalisation of same-sex intimacy alongside Sharia provisions. ↗
- 1996The first Taliban regime executed men accused of sodomy, including by collapsing stone walls onto the condemned. ↗
- 2018A new penal code explicitly criminalised same-sex relations for the first time in modern Afghan law. ↗
- 2021The Taliban returned to power; rights groups documented dozens of killings, torture and targeted attacks on LGBTQ Afghans. ↗
- 2025The ICC prosecutor sought arrest warrants against Taliban leaders, citing persecution of LGBTQ people among the charges. ↗
- TodaySame-sex intimacy remained punishable by death under Taliban rule, with no legal protections of any kind. ↗
Sources: ILGA World · Human Dignity Trust · Equaldex. Each milestone links to a reference source ↗.
La scène sur place — 0/40 points
Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)
| Bars gay par million | — |
|---|---|
| Saunas par million | — |
| Événements par million | 0 |
| Niveau de couverture | — |
| Score de la scène | 0/40 (indice brut de la scène 0/100) |
Questions fréquentes
Afghanistan est-il une destination sûre pour les voyageurs gays ?
Afghanistan is rated Death-penalty risk on the GayOut Gay Travel Index 2026: same-sex intimacy is criminalized and can carry the death penalty. Its legal safety component is 5/60. On enforcement reality, systematic state persecution is documented.
Le mariage entre personnes de même sexe est-il légal en Afghanistan ?
No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Afghanistan. Overall legal status: Death penalty.
Y a-t-il une scène gay en Afghanistan ?
GayOut currently lists no LGBTQ+ venues in Afghanistan, so any gay scene is limited, informal or not publicly documented.