Afghanistan

From Bahaikipedia

The Baha'i Faith was introduced in Afghanistan around 1919 and has since had a presence in the country. The First Local Spiritual Assembly was elected in 1969 in Kabul and the first National Spiritual Assembly in 1972.^[1] The World Christian Encyclopedia records about 19,500 Afghan Baha'is in 1990 and 23,075 in 2000.^[2]

1 Contact
2 Timeline
3 References
4 See also
5 External Links

[edit] Contact

Email: info [at] afghanbahais.org

[edit] Timeline

1966 -First Afghan Bahá'í Community in Kabul was established
1969 -First Afghan Local Spiritual Assembly of Afghanistan was elected.
1970 -Four other Local Spiritual Assemblies were established nationwide.
1972 -The First National Spiritual Assembly was elected.
1978- By this time Bahá'ís Faith was spread into these provinces: Kabul, Herat, Qandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, Paktia, Nengarhar, Kondoz, Baghlan, Samangan, Mazar-e Sharif, Sheberghan, and Parwan.
1978 -Bahá'ís were imprisoned during the USSR (Soviet Union) invasion of Afghanistan
1978 -Bahá'ís were released from prison after 14 months.

After changes of government and civil wars, some (but not all) Afghan Bahá'ís left the country and went to the following lands: Iran, Pakistan, India, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Kouite, Dubai, Qatar, Germany, Holland, United States and Canada. There might be many Afghan Bahá'ís living in other countries, but they have not contacted us as of now.

1979 - Due to civil war Afghan Bahá'ís lost contact within the provinces.
1986 - A National Baha'i Committee (5 members) was created under the guidance of Universal House of Justice.
1987 - Three Local Spiritual Assemblies were elected in Kabul province
1995 - The Local Spiritual Assembly of Mazar-e Sharif was elected.
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