An underground church in Afghanistan is reporting the Taliban has a hit list of known Christians they are targeting to pursue and kill. The US Embassy is defunct and there is no longer a safe place for believers to take refuge. All borders to neighboring countries are closed. People are fleeing into the mountains looking for asylum. They are fully reliant on God, who is the only One who can and will protect them.
Taliban are also reportedly rifling through people’s phones to look for any apps that would give them away as Christians.
Dr. Rex Rogers, who is president of the Christian nonprofit SAT-7 North America, told Religion News Service: “We’re hearing from reliable sources that the Taliban demand people’s phones, and if they find a downloaded Bible on your device, they will kill you immediately. It’s incredibly dangerous right now for Afghans to have anything Christian on their phones. The Taliban have spies and informants everywhere.”
He went to report — “Because it’s so dangerous to seek the company of other Christians, many Afghan believers are totally alone, with not even one other Christian with whom to talk. Our local director told me: ‘Most dare not attend a house church. They’re alone, fearful, and looking to us. We’re their last resort.’”
In a video one member of the underground church wept as he claimed – “the whole world has abandoned us.”