Afghan Bahá’ís
Written by mcgee on March 31st, 2006
Since there have been so many posts about Iran here lately, I thought it was time to mix things up a bit and feature some other country.
So, I thought I would point out this link to the Afghan Bahá’í web site that a commenter left on another post a couple of days ago.
Though the site is not directly administered by an official Bahá’í institutions, it is apparently done under the oversight of the Universal House of Justice.
The site has information in both English, Farsi, and Pashto, including general information about the Faith. Links to information about the Bahá’í teachings on the equality of women and men are prominently featured, and the site even has a brief timeline outlining the history of the Faith in the country, which most recently includes:
- 1998 - (2nd of May) Under Taliban regime many Afghan Bahá’ís were imprisoned and the rest were forced to leave the country. A majority went to Pakistan. Some other Afghan Bahá’ís who were not in the initial arrest and did not leave the country were imprisoned and released within this period. These imprisonments included man women and children of all ages.
- 1998 - (October) After the enforcement of International Community and Universal House of Justice the last Afghan Baha’i was released from prison.
- 2002 - After the establishment of the new government many Afghan Bahá’ís returned to their homeland from all neighbor countries, mostly from Pakistan, Iran and India.
For those of us who came into the Baha'i Faith through the ever popular 
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PM
thank you very much for this link../I am going to diarise it.
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PM
Thanks for keeping things interesting by informing people about the Baha’is in Afghanistan especially given recent press regarding the “apostate” Christian convert. By the way I have included your most excellent blog as a link on Baha’i Thought. I’m hoping more people will be exposed to Baha’i Blog.
Thanks!