Scores of people have been killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by heavy snow and avalanches that hit mountainous areas in the region, officials said. More than 100 people have been killed across Afghanistan, including 50 in Nuristan province, officials said on
Read moreThis week, the European Union (EU) and the government of Afghanistan co-hosted the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, held from October 4th – 5th. The conference brought together more than 70 countries and 30 international organisations and agencies, with the aim
Read moreAccording to reports on BBC, at least 40 people have been killed in bombings in mainly government-held areas of Syria. ISIL has claimed responsibility for the four attacks in Tartous, Homs and in a suburb of Damascus, with one in
Read moreThree years ago the US Centre for World Mission began equipping thousands of churches in Latin America to pray for the Pashtun people. The Pashtun live in Afghanistan and, with over 30 million people, are on of the largest, least-reached
Read moreAfghanistan is observing a national day of mourning after a twin suicide bombing at a protest march in the capital killed 80 people and wounded 230. Thousands of members of the Hazara minority had taken to the streets of Kabul
Read moreYesterday, June 20th, was World Refugee Day. At the Sabra refugee camp in Beirut, 12-year old Abdul Jabar Satouf lives with his grandmother Khadija and other family members, and works about 48 hours a week as a mechanic’s apprentice. “I’m
Read moreIt is 13 years since the fall of the Taliban, but women in Afghanistan continue to suffer oppression and abuse. Research by Global Rights estimates that almost nine out of 10 Afghan women face physical, sexual or psychological violence, or
Read moreBefore she turned 16 years old, Nassima’s father informed her that she was to be married to a man over twice her age. This was not a marriage of love but about money, and she refused to obey her father.
Read moreThe death toll from a huge car bomb attack in Afghanistan’s capita,l Kabul, on Tuesday has more than doubled, according to the government. An interior ministry spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi, said on Wednesday that most of those killed by the blast, which
Read moreOne of the more positive aspects of the migrant crisis in Europe has been the number of Muslims from places like Syria and Afghanistan, who have converted to Christianity. So far this year, 83 percent of the recorded adult baptisms in
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