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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.

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