• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Christian News Now

Christian News Now

News for the Thinking Christian

  • Home
  • U.S.
  • World
  • Church
  • Faith
  • Tech & Science
  • Family
  • Entertainment
  • Sports

Church Leader Warns ‘The Taliban Are Going to Eliminate the Christian Population of Afghanistan’

August 18, 2021 by Staff

(CBN News) Within hours of capturing Herat, the Taliban’s jihadist fighters were out patrolling streets trying to convince residents of Afghanistan’s third-largest city that life would soon return to normal.

“Business will continue as normal and people are happy with us and, with our services, they will be happier,” said a Taliban terrorist.

Hamid has serious doubts about those claims.

“Right now we fear elimination. The Taliban are going to eliminate the Christian population of Afghanistan,” he told CBN News.

Hamid, not his real name, is among thousands of Afghans who’ve come to faith in Jesus Christ over the past two decades. We’ve concealed his identity for safety.

read more

Filed Under: Church

Primary Sidebar

Trending News

After Devastating Fire, Minnesota Church Celebrates Christmas in Borrowed Space

Trip Lee on Why He’s Leaving His Comfort Zone for a New Worship Album

Lamar Jackson, Ravens Teammates Wash Students’ Feet, Provide New Shoes

Despite Terminal Cancer, Ben Sasse Has ‘Hope in a Real Deliverer’

RSS ChurchLeaders

  • God’s Frailty: A Christmas Parable
  • Find Something for Everyone in the Christmas Story

RSS Faithit

  • What it Really Means When We Say “Yahweh”
  • 15 Powerful Prayers for Healing to Restore Your Body and Spirit

RSS ForEveryMom

  • WATCH: UPS Driver Saves Boy Trapped Under Heavy Package
  • Why I Don’t Do Elf on the Shelf (and I’m Not Even Kinda Sorry)

Footer

About Us

Privacy Statement

Terms and Conditions

Contact Us

Newsletter

Search

Copyright © 2025 · Christian News Now