AFGHANISTAN

AfghanistanPopulation: 28.1 million (under 18s: 16.8 million, 60% of total)

Capital: Kabul (population 3.3 million)

Government: Islamic republic

President: Hamid Karzai

Economy: Crippled by 40 years of war and occupation

GDP/person: £670 (UK: £24,300, over 36x as much)

Unemployment: 35%

Religion: 99% Muslim (4:1 Sunni/Shi’a); 1% other

Languages: Dari (50%), Pashto (35%), Uzbek (9%), Turkmen (2.5%)

Adult literacy: 28%

Infant mortality: 16.5% by 12 months (second worst in the world)

Life expectancy: 50 years

EVERYONEhas the right to

FREEDOMof thought, conscience and religion;

this right includes freedom to change hisreligion or belief, and freedom, either aloneor in community with others and in public

or in private, to manifest his religion or beliefin teaching, practice, worship and observance.

United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, Article 18

“If the world hates you….”

• Providing Christian materials to inspire and strengthen the church.

• Supporting follow-up for Christian radio programmes allowing Afghan believers to disciple seekers and believers from Afghanistan.

Release projects in Afghanistan

A Call to Action

Please:- Pray for Afghan Christians

- Ask for our email prayer alerts

- Sign up for our free magazine

- Donate to our Afghanistan appeal

- Do “whatever he tells you to do”

“I am delighted to commend Release International to you as an agency that can deliver compassion and encouragement

to persecuted Christians in many parts of the world.”

Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, Patron of Release

www.releaseinternational.org