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Refugee children in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Trent Inness/Shutterstock)

World

Christian legal group decries conditions for Afghan religious minorities, urges aid

Jonah McKeown|Aug 25, 2021|4 Min Read

Sayed Abdul Wase Majidi hugs his nephew Sayed Mustafa Miri, 38, after Majidi arrives from Fort Lee, Va., at the Sacramento International Airport in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 5, 2021. Sayed Abdul Wase Majidi is one of a couple of hundred Afghan interpreters and translators brought to the United States to be resettled as thousands more who helped U.S. troops are still under threat in Afghanistan as they wait to be evacuated. (CNS photo/Brittany Hosea-Small, Reuters)

World

Vatican urges countries to accept refugees from Afghanistan

Courtney Mares|Aug 25, 2021|5 Min Read

Refugees during the Hungnam evacuation, c. December 1950. (Public Domain via CNA)

Faith

He once rescued 14,000 refugees – now could he intercede in Afghanistan’s crisis?

Christine Rousselle|Aug 24, 2021|5 Min Read

Taliban fighters stand with their weapons on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. During his Angelus address Aug. 15, Pope Francis expressed his concern for Afghanistan amid the Taliban's control of the country. (CNS photo/Reuters)

World

Papal foundation warns of ‘bleak future’ for religious freedom in Afghanistan

Inés San Martín|Aug 20, 2021|4 Min Read

People arriving from Afghanistan make their way through the Friendship Gate crossing point at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan, Aug. 19, 2021. (CNS photo/Saeed Ali Achakzai, Reuters)

World

Caritas: ‘Wait and see’ how Taliban affects humanitarian work in Afghanistan

Inés San Martín|Aug 19, 2021|6 Min Read

People try to get into Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. During his Angelus address Aug. 15, Pope Francis expressed his concern for Afghanistan amid the Taliban's control of the country. (CNS photo/Reuters)

World

U.S. bishops urge quick action on relocating Afghan refugees

John Lavenburg|Aug 18, 2021|4 Min Read

Internally displaced families from northern provinces of Afghanistan, who fled from their homes due the fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces, take shelter at a public park in Kabul Aug. 10, 2021. (CNS photo/Reuters)

World

Charity run by Catholic nuns asks for prayers for Afghanistan

Catholic News Agency|Aug 17, 2021|5 Min Read

Taliban fighters stand outside the Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. During his Angelus address Aug. 15, Pope Francis expressed his concern for Afghanistan amid the Taliban's control of the country. (CNS photo/Reuters)

World

Pope Francis prays for an end to violence in Afghanistan

Inés San Martín|Aug 16, 2021|4 Min Read

Mass for U.S. military personnel at a forward operating base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Dec. 23, 2001. (U.S. Navy photo by chief photographer's mate Johnny Bivera/Public Domain via CNA)

World

US troop withdrawal poses new challenges to Afghanistan’s Christians

Andrea Gagliarducci|Aug 3, 2021|2 Min Read

A translator and soldiers from 1st Platoon Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment take cover from a helicopter's rotor wash in Demaiwand, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2013, while evacuating a 10-year-old girl injured by an improvised explosive device that detonated about 875 yards away. (CNS photo/Andrew Burton, Reuters)

World

MRS among U.S. agencies helping resettle Afghan translators, interpreters

Catholic News Service|Aug 2, 2021|3 Min Read

A U.S. soldier from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment pays his respects during a memorial for Spc. Wyatt Martin and Sgt. First Class Ramon Morris at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan in this Dec. 23, 2014 file photo. U.S. President Joe Biden announced a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021. (CNS photo/Lucas Jackson, Reuters)

World

U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan may risk civil war, says priest in Kabul

Carol Glatz|Apr 17, 2021|3 Min Read

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