|
12th October 2008
A country of 32 million and growing. 99% Muslim, with Christian being just 0.02%. Afghanistan is between Iran & Pakistan and is dry and mountainous, but with fertile valleys. This strategic land has been fought over by rival foreign empires for nearly three thousand years.
Shattered by 22 years of war. The countryside was bombed and mined; half the housing, most of the complex irrigation systems and a high proportion of the livestock were destroyed. The most lucrative agricultural crop is now opium (Afghanistan is the world's largest producer) which has paid for weapons for the warring factions. Recovery has been slowed by the radical extremes of the Taliban government and widespread environmental and structural damage inflicted on this tragic land.
|
 |
|
 |
Afghanistan is one of the least reached countries in the world. There are 48,000 mosques but not a single church building. Women in the cities have been severely repressed by the Taliban regime. They have been banished from public life, forbidden employment, restricted to the home, denied education (girls) and health services and suffer at the hands of men, with no recourse to any justice. One in four women are widows, and many are destitute. Pray for basic human rights to be restored to women. Please pray for this country.
Also pray for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
|
|
|
|
||