Taliban Strikes Christians with a Vengeance

By John Malhotra
Christian Today Reporter
Mon, May. 18 2009

The Taliban has turned on Christians with a vengeance for the ongoing army offensive against the Islamic militants in Pakistan.

Furious over the U.S. and Pakistan's military operations in Swat Valley, the Taliban attacked a Christian colony, causing fear and panic among its members and forcing them to join 200,000 others fleeing the town.

In Karachi city, a growing foothold of the Taliban, there were reports of an attack on a Christian slum by extremists.

Pastor Salim Sadiq of Holy Spirit Church in Karachi told Christian Today that Christian homes were pounded by Islamic extremists who have vowed to avenge for "the suffering of their brotherhood in NWFP area." the rest

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