Beyond the Border - A First-hand account “If my country had not experienced the hardships it has, life would be easier. I am a young Afghan girl from the persecuted Hazara ethnic group, who at the age of eighteen find myself residing in Pakistan with no family members.  This is my story.I was raised in...

Urgent News This article was taken from https://www.themorning.lk/articles/Xl14AoVNbZT0SruXgO8k On June 1, 2023, refugees and asylum seekers in Sri Lanka launched a peaceful protest in frontof the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Office in Colombo, appealing toresolve issues related to delays in processing applications, resettlement, education, housing,living expenses and employment.The protest was in response...

Some heartbreaking scenes…. By now you will have heard and seen the horrific scenes of the flooding in Pakistan.  The CBC is reporting that a third of the country is underwater. The statistics are sobering:Pakistan has declared a state of emergency due to the catastrophic devastation of the recent floods because of the monsoons. 166 districts...

Before distributing aid, our team on the ground did a survey and did planning with the local authorities. CAPC, is committed to respond to disaster emergencies and stand by the survivors through relief, rehabilitation, and development activities, enabling communities to make a comeback into their daily lives, with resilience, dignity, and courage.We are working with...

Peshawar, Pakistan. April 18, 2022 A local pastor called me (Nadeem Bhatti) two days ago to share about an Afghan refugee family who had crossed the border, at 10 am local time. In a conference call with the Afghan refugee “Adam” (name changed for security purposes) he informed me that it took them 45 minutes...

Target Killing, Slain for Christ – Pastor William Siraj Peshawar PakistanOn 30 January, 2022 unidentified motorcyclists shot and killed a pastor in Peshawar, the capital of the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), after Sunday Church Service. The late Pastor was accompanied with companions, one of whom was injured in the shooting. Pastor William Siraj (75),...

On October 25, 2021, the United Nations released a study indicating that Afghanistan is fast becoming the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, surpassing the needs in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen. According to the World Food Program 22.8 million people could face acute hunger this winter, with 8.7 million of these at emergency levels.Forty years...

Response to Afghan BelieversWith the departure of foreign troops and the Taliban taking over the government, millions of normal, average people in Afghanistan are plunged into fear for their future.For the past twenty years the economy has been heavily dependent on international aid and NGO’s providing services and employment for thousands of Afghans. Many are...

14-Year-Old Christian Girl Kidnapped While on Her Way to School. A 14-year-old Christian girl named Princess Francis, a resident of Haripur city in KPK province of Pakistan, was kidnapped on August 3, 2021 by a man named Muhammad Zulqarnain while enroute to her school . She was a very bright 9th grade student. When she...