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  Christians in Afghanistan are already being killed by the Taliban, says religious freedom expert

  And Afghan Christians are "doubly jeopardized" because they are "conflated with Americans and the West", says the Hudson Institute's Nina Shea.

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  Christians in Nigeria are living in fear of another attack

  "There has been so much bloodshed and property burnt and more people displaced and also crops destroyed. We pray that God will stop it from happening again."

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  The prognosis for Afghanistan's Christians is 'dire', says former Muslim who fled to Britain

  "In the last few weeks the Taliban have shattered the dreams of millions of Afghans," said Afghan convert Jay.

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  North Korea's 'campaign to exterminate' Christians 'has been brutally effective' - report

  The North Korean Communist dictatorship is as determined as ever to stamp out Christianity, a new report from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has found.

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  British government must 'go further' in helping vulnerable Afghans, say bishops

  Catholic and Anglican bishops have written jointly of their fears for vulnerable Afghans as the military airlift starts to wind down ahead of the 31 August deadline.

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  'Morally unacceptable' to abandon thousands of Afghans to their fate under the Taliban

  US-based Christian refugee agencies are pleading with Joe Biden to extend evacuations beyond the 31 August deadline.

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  Islamic extremists feared to be among Afghan refugees making their way to neighbouring countries

  Islamic extremists are feared to be among the more than 12,000 Afghan refugees pouring into the Central Asian republic of Tajikistan, according to an Open Doors expert on the region.

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  '1,200 Christians evacuated' from Afghanistan in donor-funded rescue mission

  Conservative radio host Glenn Beck says over $28m has been raised for the evacuation being coordinated by Christian non-profit the Nazarene Fund.

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  Australia's 'Covid-zero' policies are 'foolish'

  A Christian leader in Australia says "unthinkable" costs are being incurred by "foolish" 'Covid-zero' policies.

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  The church in the Soviet Union: watched like a 'fish in an aquarium'

  Thirty years ago in August started the irreversible process of the collapse of the Soviet Union. How did the church survive behind the Iron Curtain and what challenges did it meet following the dissolution of the USSR?

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  UN member states urged to do more to protect victims of religiously motivated violence

  CSW's Founder President, Mervyn Thomas, said there was a need to address the "severity and pervasiveness of religiously motivated violence, discrimination and intolerance in all its forms".

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  Calls for women and religious minorities in Afghanistan to be protected

  The call coincides with the UN International Day Commemorating the Victims of Violence Based on Religion or Belief.

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  Christians in Afghanistan tell of death threats

  "For quite a while I was inviting my relatives and close people around me to get to know Christ, but sadly in the past two to three days, my family and I have received death threats," said one Christian.

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  Refugees fleeing Afghanistan are at 'acute risk' of exploitation by human traffickers

  The crisis in Afghanistan is a "recipe for human trafficking", one Christian charity has warned.

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  Getting vaccinated is an 'act of love' - Pope

  Pope Francis is urging people to get vaccinated against Covid-19.