Religious Freedom Report Shows ‘Few Bright Spots’, Afghanistan Returns to Blacklist After US Pullout

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wants the State Department to add Afghanistan to the list of worst religious freedom violators. That’s just one of the recommendations made by the bipartisan federal panel in its annual report which says religious minorities around the world are facing harassment, detention, and even death. USCIRF says conditions have deteriorated badly since the Biden Administration’s hasty withdrawal of American troops 8 months ago. For the first time since 2001, the country is back on the religious freedom blacklist.

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