Originally published in Missions Box Forty-year-old Abdulla*, his wife Nilufar* and their three children fled Afghanistan when the Taliban came to power in August 2021. Now living as a refugee in Central Asia, he shares his story about what life is like for Afghan people – and Christians – remaining […]
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‘Pray, pray, pray’ for vulnerable Christians in Afghanistan
By Anne Lim — Originally published in Eternity News As the Taliban takes full control in Afghanistan, Christian pastors are pleading for prayers as they and their families hide in fear from the conquering Islamic extremist group. Since the weekend, hundreds of Afghans have flooded Kabul’s airport, desperate to catch […]
South African family murdered in Afghanistan inducted onto martyr’s memorial
Originally published in Charisma News The induction ceremony of Werner, Jean-Pierre and Rode Groenewald onto the Martyrs Memorial in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, was streamed online last Saturday as part of the inaugural Day of the Christian Martyr. Werner, Hannelie and their two children, Jean-Pierre and Rode, left their comfortable lives in […]
Memorial services for Groenewald family
Memorial services will be held in Cape Town on Thursday (December 11) and Pretoria on Friday (December 12) for aid worker Werner Groenewald and his children, Jean-Pierre and Rode, who were murdered by Taliban terrorists in Kabul, Afgahnistan, on November 29. Groenewald’s medical doctor wife, Hannelie, who was at work during […]
SA woman who lost family in Afghanistan terror says their deaths were not in vain
Dr Hannelie Groenewald, who lost her aid worker husband, Werner and two children, Jean-Pierre, 17, and Rode, 15, in a Taliban terror attack in Afghanistan at the weekend, says their blood was not shed in vain and her purpose on earth has not yet been fulfilled. She was at work […]
Turning horror into honour: making Biblical sense of the killings in Kabul
[notice]A Perspective by IN Context Ministries[/notice] On Saturday 29 November 2014 Werner Groenewald and his two children, Jean-Pierre and Rodé, were killed in a Taliban attack in Kabul. Hannelie, his wife, was not at home during the time and survived the attack, but lost everything. Three gunmen and suicide bombers […]
SA man died in Afghanistan trying to protect children — family
Originally published in news24 South African aid worker Werner Groenewald tried in vain to protect his two children moments before they were shot dead by the Taliban in Afghanistan at the weekend. “They shot Werner in his office in the leg and then he ran upstairs to go try and […]
The ‘Muslims-killed-by-the-West’ lie
By Dennis Prager — Originally published in Jewish World Review The alleged butcher of the off-duty British soldier, Drummer Lee Rigby, defended his carving up of a living human being by claiming that he was engaging in “an eye for an eye” because the British army is killing Muslims in […]
Taliban publicly execute woman near Kabul: officials
Originally published in Rawa News A man Afghan officials say is a member of the Taliban shot dead a woman accused of adultery in front of a crowd near Kabul, a video obtained by Reuters showed, a sign that the austere Islamist group dictates law even near the Afghan capital. […]