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Christian Afghan women fear ‘double persecution’

Christian Afghan women fear ‘double persecution’
Luke Randall
Luke Randall

Christian women in Afghanistan are now facing ‘double persecution,’ according to an evangelical mission agency, as draconian new Taliban restrictions take force.

All women have been banned from speaking or showing their faces in public in the Taliban’s latest infringement on women’s rights since reclaiming power in 2021.

Afghan convert speaks of her life under Taliban

Afghan convert speaks of her life under Taliban
Luke Randall
Luke Randall

A woman from Afghanistan was given a Bible by her boss, and this led to her, her husband and her entire family converting from Islam to Christianity.

Khada, whose name has been changed for security reasons, remains in Afghanistan, where life has become even more difficult since the Taliban’s takeover of power in 2021, and she is a member of a secret church.

Prayers for Taliban prisoner in Kabul

Prayers for Taliban prisoner in Kabul
Iain Taylor
Iain Taylor

American Christians are praying for the release of an aid worker incarcerated in a tiny basement cell in Afghanistan for the last two years.

Ryan Corbett, a humanitarian aid worker from a Baptist family in New York state, has been imprisoned in Kabul by the Taliban since August 2022.

Fears of Afghan genocide and violence against believers in nearby ‘-stans’

Fears of Afghan genocide and violence against believers in nearby ‘-stans’
Iain Taylor
Iain Taylor

Taliban murders of Christians in Afghanistan may spark wider violence against believers in neighbouring nations, it is feared.

The ignominious retreat from Afghanistan by the Western military powers has prompted much soul-searching among Christians across the entire region, as the Taliban now reigns supreme.

After the fall of Afghanistan, is there hope?

After the fall of Afghanistan, is there hope?
Dave Burke
Dave Burke

About 300 yards from my house is the grave of an 18-year-old paratrooper killed in Helmand province.

I’ve never been convinced by the reasons given for our Afghan adventure, and why this young man was put in harm’s way by our government. We have now abandoned Afghanistan and we are left wondering if there is any hope for that country.

British Christians helping Afghan refugees

British Christians helping Afghan refugees
Iain Taylor
Iain Taylor

As UK Christians consider how they might help the sudden influx of refugees from Afghanistan, one church leader with extensive experience of mission to Muslims has warned that the overwhelming majority of evangelical churches will not see any asylum seekers placed anywhere near them by the government.

Stephen Kneale (photo left) of Oldham Bethel Church says: ‘Most of these asylum seekers are open to Christianity. We already welcome many Afghani refugees who are, typically, very receptive to a gospel that is demonstrably different to what they left behind. Dozens of those we have witnessed to have put their faith in Christ.

Christians under the Taliban

Christians under the Taliban
en staff, International Christian Concern

An Afghan Christian leader in the country has spoken of the fear among Christians as the Taliban make strong gains there.

Speaking anonymously, the church leader, whose first language is not English, said Christians believed their houses would be taken, their wives remarried, their children taken away and that they might well face death.

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