Afghan Times
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Afghan Times is an Afghan Christian internet News Network with daily news from Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 and the Afghan Christians inside and outside Afghanistan.

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The editor of this news group is Hussain Andaryas
Hussain Andaryas
Hussain Andaryas is a Christian Afghan American and televangelist who hosts many websites and radio programs.Andaryas was born in Bombay, India, to a Shia Hazara family but was raised in Kabul, Afghanistan. He comes from the sub-tribe Oqi from Jaghoori...

  who himself is a Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

 covert to Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

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This news group is operated from the USA and is located in the state of Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

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The Afghan Times brought the attention of the International media
News media
The news media are those elements of the mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public.These include print media , broadcast news , and more recently the Internet .-Etymology:A medium is a carrier of something...

 towards the arrest of the Afghan Christian, Abdul Rahman
Abdul Rahman (convert)
Abdul Rahman was an Afghan citizen who was arrested in February 2006 and threatened with the death penalty for converting to Christianity. On March 26, 2006, under heavy pressure from foreign governments, the court returned his case to prosecutors, citing "investigative gaps". He was released...

who was being prosecuted in Kabal for converting to Christianity and if convicted could face the death penalty. He was eventually released for what was said were mental illness reasons.
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