A gay Afghan medical student was executed after three days of torture by the Taliban, who then sent his family a grim video of his killing, his partner has revealed.

Taliban gunmen detained trainee doctor Hamed Sabouri, 22, from Kabul, at a traffic checkpoint in the Afghan capital in August.

According to reports, they took him to a detention centre, where they tortured him for three days before shooting him in the back of the head.

A gruesome video of his execution was sent to his family and his partner, Bahar, days later.

After receiving the video, Hamed’s family sold their homes, fled the country, and sought refuge in Turkey, while Bahar stayed in Afghanistan but went into hiding.

Bahar told media: “We were like any other couple around the world in love but the Taliban treat us like criminals.”

He added: “I have many friends from the LGBTQ+ community here in Afghanistan who have also been kidnapped and tortured.

“I was arrested by the Taliban in August 2021 and again in May and June this year and was raped, beaten and tortured with electric shocks.”

Since the overthrow of the Ghani government by the Taliban in August last year, there have been numerous reports of gay Afghans being tortured and killed.

Recently, there were reports that the Taliban were using the monkeypox outbreak in May this year as an excuse to detain gay men.

Same-sex activity is illegal under Sharia law and is punishable by death.