Christians in Afghanistan are at risk of genocide

Five years after the Taliban’s return to power, a detailed new report suggests that Afghan Christians face a credible risk of genocide, explains Dr Martin Parson

It’s five years since the Taliban seized control of Kabul.

It followed an agreement between President Trump and the Taliban by which the US would withdraw all of its forces in exchange for the Taliban promising not to let another terrorist organisation like al-Qaeda plan attacks on the USA from there.

The vast majority of Afghan Christians were unable to flee the country and immediately went into hiding, with reports of them moving house to house every few weeks to try to avoid detection. In the months before this, Afghan Christians had been receiving threatening messages saying, “we know where you live, we are coming for you.”

Since then, the Taliban have…