Help sent to Afghanistan
Luke Randall
Tearfund partners in Afghanistan are working to help vulnerable people in remote mountain regions survive brutal winter conditions as part of a two-year response plan to support communities most impacted by recent earthquakes.
Those working in tandem with the well-known organisation are handing out winter survival kits to the most vulnerable, many of whom are now living in tents after losing loved ones and their homes, following three earthquakes which ravaged eastern Afghanistan at the end of the summer months, killing almost 2,000 people.
‘Life or death’ for Afghan Christians
Luke Randall
Many Afghan Christians in Tajikistan are facing a “life or death” predicament in the form of forced deportation back to Afghanistan, according to a Sat-7 source.
The move follows similar schemes undertaken by Pakistan and Iran, from whom almost two million Afghans have been returned to their homeland in seven months.
Afghanistan: Women ‘weary of Islam’
Emily Pollok
Adding to their long list of severe restrictions since coming into power in 2021, the Taliban are now banning women in Afghanistan from training as nurses and midwives.
This ban is the latest in a series of edicts by the Taliban that prevent women from entering the public sphere. Women have already been banned from working in government or private jobs, leaving their homes without a male escort, or reading, singing, or speaking in public, to name a few.
After the fall of Afghanistan, is there hope?
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.