Fearful LGBTQ Afghans can't receive money raised for them through GoFundMe 'due to Taliban control'

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Fearful LGBTQ Afghans can't receive money raised for them through GoFundMe 'due to Taliban control'
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One fundraiser created by three queer Afghans based in the US has raised more than $45,000 to help LBGTQ individuals in Afghanistan.

Sayed, one of the organizers of the LBGTQ fundraiser, told Buzzfeed this suggestion came off as"disingenuous."

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