Afghanistan's Country Summary (for 2005)

     Afghanistan held its first democratic elections in October 2004. Hamad Karzai, a member of the Pashtun Tribe, was selected to lead the country. That election and a paliamentary election in October 2005, brought new hope to the Afghan people who had experienced war and violence since the Soviet invasion in December 1979.

• Religion - Muslim: 97.89%, Parsee 1.5%, Hindu 0.35%, Traditional Ethnic 0.10%, Baha'i 0.10%, Christian 0.02%, Sikh 0.02%, and non-Religious 0.01%
• Ideological Influence - A new constitution was signed in January 2004. It recognizes Islam as the official state religion and does not acknowledge the existence of Christians in Afghanistan
• Head of State - President Hamid Karzai
• Persecution - Christians say public persecution by the government disappeared with the Taliban, but they are still not free to practice their faith openly without facing persecution from radical Muslims
• Missionary Opportunity - Considered one of the least reached countries of the world, Afghanistan has 48,000 mosques and no church buildings. There are 70 unreached people groups. Fifty languages are spoken, but only two have a New Testament and three have only portions of the Bible

10:31 AM - Dec. 31, 2005 - post comment

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Just never mind

Edited by muslimaathomeschooling on Jul. 3, 2006 at 11:54 PM

- 11:54 PM - Jul. 3, 2006

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