Tag: Afghanistan Conflict
Pakistan Taliban end ceasefire, order nationwide attacks
Since Friday the military has been patrolling the area in an attempt to root out militants, with helicopter gunships shelling their hideouts
Ghost towns and old men in Afghanistan’s Panjshir
Panjshir fighters earned a legendary reputation for resistance
US completes withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan after 20-year war
Celebratory gunfire rang out in Kabul after completion of the US pullout that ended America's longest war
Missionaries of Charity nuns, 14 children arrive in Rome from Kabul
The children, aged between six to 20 years old, were residents of an orphanage founded in 2006 by the Missionaries of Charity in Kabul
Desperate Afghan Christians turned away at airport, aid groups say
Looming over the deepening humanitarian crisis is a deadline of Friday for civilian evacuation operations at the Kabul airport
An Afghan appeals to Pope Francis: Save a Catholic family stuck...
Afghanistan’s Christian community is comprised mostly of converts from Islam and is the country’s largest religious minority group
Fall of Kabul reminds Iraqi bishop of ‘tragic fate of Mosul’...
The bishop is worried that what happened in Afghanistan this week could happen in Iraq if the Americans would suddenly leave
Aid to the Church in Need raises concern for human rights...
Aid to the Church in Need warned that religious freedom "will be particularly under threat" under the Taliban
Former Taliban captive blames international community for Afghan crisis
'Peace will return to Afghanistan if the international community leaves the country to its own people'
Afghanistan’s Christians express fear of impending attacks on communities
Christians in Afghanistan fear that it is only a matter of time before the attacks happen as some of them start to receive threats