afghanistan
Afghanistan: costs of war and peace
On 12 March, the US and Taliban finished their longest set of talks to date. After sixteen days of negotiating, the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation tweeted, ‘Peace requires agreement on four…
Afghanistan Peace Deal and Suicide Attempts on the Rise
U.S. peace envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad (pictured) says that although talks with the Taliban have produced the framework for a peace deal there is still a "long way to go" before a…
Egypt: 'Sinai is our Vietnam'
Servicemen in the Sinai peninsula are ill-equipped and under-trained. Since the insurgency began, Egypt's propaganda narrative has portrayed its fighters as religious, disciplined, ‘born to kill’ fighting machines. Men aged 18 to 30…
Gender-based violence against Christians
Afghanistan, Libya, North Korea, Pakistan, and Somalia are the five worst places for women to live, according to the 2019 World Watch List of ‘50 most difficult places to be a Christian’. The…
Afghanistan Delays Presidential Vote Until July
KABUL -- Afghanistan's election authorities say they have decided to delay a presidential election by three months to July 20 due to delays in registration and ongoing technical issues. IEC chief Abdul Badi…
Afghanistan: Former Top U.S. Commander Warns About Troop Withdrawal
Retired General Stanley McChrystal says a major withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, which the White House is considering, would damage peace talks with the Taliban and shake Kabul's confidence in its alliance…
Elections needing prayer in 2019
The results of forthcoming elections will be important in many ways - domestic, religious, regional and global. El Salvador elects a president on 3 February: security, corruption and migration will be campaign issues.…
Countries needing prayer in 2019
Cameroon’s president Paul Biya said he wants dialogue with separatist elements to end the ongoing security crisis in the country’s English-speaking regions. But in the same breath, he threatened, ‘If my appeal to…
Pray for the Peace of Afghanistan
…one of the Longest-running conflicts in the world. Afghan Forces' Losses May Not Be Sustainable, U.S. General Warns “The death toll among Afghanistan's security forces will no longer be sustainable unless urgent measures…
Afghanistan – ‘Moment of Opportunity’ for Peace Talks
BRUSSELS - A senior U.S. diplomat has called on the Taliban to seize a "moment of opportunity" to open formal peace talks with the Western-backed Afghan government and negotiate an end to the…
