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40,624,000

Unreached

Persecution
Rating

01

Stratus
Index

01

Security
Tier

01

Blackbox Work

  • Church Planting
  • Leadership Training
  • Discipleship
  • Business as Mission
  • Education
  • Medical
  • Media
  • Humanitarian Aid

Supporting Since October 2020

Country
Stats

Source:

Total Population

40,626,000

# of Population in Unreached

40,624,000

# of People Groups

69

# of Unreached People Groups

68

Largest Religion

Islam

% Christian Adherent

0.02%

% Evangelical

0.02%

% Evangelical Annual Growth Rate:

0.00%

People

Ethnic Groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, other (includes smaller numbers of Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, Pashai, and Kyrghyz) (2015)

Languages: Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 77% (Dari functions as the lingua franca), Pashto (official) 48%, Uzbek 11%, English 6%, Turkmen 3%, Urdu 3%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1% , Balochi 1% (2017 est.)

Literacy Rate: 43% (2018)

People

Economy

Recovering from decades of conflict, living standards still among the lowest in the world, highly dependent on foreign aid, and suffering from shortages of housing, water, electricity, and jobs

Economy

Country Profile:

Environment

Climate: arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers

Environment Issues: limited natural freshwater resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification; air and water pollution in overcrowded urban areas

Environment

From the
Frontlines

Hope Restored

We have the opportunity to provide education for daughters of numerous families who have told us, ‘This support comes from God, otherwise we have no hope.’ Two teachers accepted Christ, one declaring, ‘My hope is restored and I feel like I am born again!'

Persecution Currently or Potentially Being Experienced:

Physical abuse / beatings

Persecution from family

Financial persecution

Verbal abuse

Blacklisted

Arrests

Imprisonment

Kidnappings

Bribes

Deportation

Destruction of property

Fines

Torture

Murder

Execution

How to Pray

  • Pray for appropriate and expedient solutions to ongoing threats of violence.
  • Pray for Afghans who are seeking Truth to boldly embrace a new identity in Christ.
  • Pray for protection over Afghan believers and perseverance despite suffering.
  • Pray for the immense humanitarian crises to be addressed and rectified (i.e. domestic abuse, gender disparity, insufficient access to public services, limited or no schooling, environmental challenges, access to healthcare, opioid abuse, etc.).