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- [Gary] Today from "The Global Lane",

desperate time of Taliban torment.

Afghan Christians under cover,

fleeing for their lives.

- The Taliban are looking for people

who have left Islam

and who are now following Jesus.

- [Gary] Afghan females raped, murdered

and force from their jobs and schools

Who was speaking up for their rights?

Even the US Vice President remains silent.

- [Jennifer] She's the most, ostensibly,

the most powerful woman in the world.

Where is she?

- [Gary] Stealing the election?

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With an August 31st evacuationdeadline approaching,

Americans and thousands of Afghans

are still messing at the Kabul airport,

hoping to escape the Taliban.

More than 40,000 peoplehave been evacuated

since mid-August and thousands more

are expected to leave by the deadline.

But what about those left behind,

especially members of Afghanistan's

tiny Christian community?

Their lives are in danger,

so what can be done for them?

Well here to provide us with some insights

is John Weaver, ahumanitarian relief worker.

Mr. Weaver has servedthe people of Afghanistan

for more than 20 years,

he knows the country well.

He's author of the book"Inside Afghanistan:

A Mission Of Mercy To A War Torn People

Before 9/11 And Beyond".

John, it's good to have you with us again.

So, Afghans and Americans arestill desperate to get out,

does this kind of remindyou of 20 years ago,

just after 9/11 when the Northern Alliance

took up arms and American bombing began?

How is it similar or different?

- Yes, Gary.

In some ways it's very similar.

The events of 9/11 as you know,

mobilize the whole worldto think of Afghanistan

and to pray for Afghanistan.

And here now, 20 years later,

similar events are happening

that's bringing Afghanistanto the world's attention.

So God must be wanting todo something in that land

and we're thankful forhow people are praying,

but it's a challenging time

for our brothers andsisters now in Afghanistan.

- [Gary] Yeah, many scrambling to get out.

It seems the Bidenadministration trust the Taliban

to protect American lives

before the August 31st deadline.

Now, you're extremelyknowledgeable about the Taliban.

To what extent can they be trusted, John?

What do you say?

- Well, it's hard to know

if we really can trust the Taliban, Gary.

This is Taliban 2.2

so it's different than 20 years ago.

But they're still a radical Sunni group,

they still promote Sharia law,

but we are praying that in God's mercy.

As you already said,

thousands of people hadleft via the airport,

there's thousands in lines now waiting

and we're gonna trust thatmany more can get out.

But as you mentioned,

our big heart and concern is for those

that will be called tostay and be left behind

that God would be with them

through these challenging times.

- And John, I rememberwhen we met in Afghanistan,

you've always been verypositive about the country.

There's a lot of information though,

and this information going around

about the status of Afghanistan'stiny Christian community,

former Muslims, they'renow followers of Christ.

And I saw one report that'scirculating on social media

saying that the Talibanare going door to door,

killing Christians and others has letters

that have been sent tohouse church leaders,

warning that the Talibanknows who they are

and they're coming for them.

So what's the truth?

Set it straight for us,

what are Christians telling you?

- Well Gary, Afghanistan's a big country,

the size of Texas,

but it is true in certain locations.

The Taliban are awareof followers of Jesus

because there've been followersof Jesus now for years.

And they have been known

and they've shared their faith

and they've led people to Christ

and they started house churches.

And so we wanna pray becausethey are receiving threats,

they are in danger.

Many of them have fled theirhometown to other cities,

some have even crossedinto border countries,

some have even leftthrough the Kabul airport.

So yes, it is true.

The Taliban are looking for people

who have left Islam andwho are now following Jesus

and so it's a desperate timefor our brothers and sisters,

and we need to stand in prayer with them

and advocate for their situation.

- John, the Taliban havealways been doing that,

looking for Christians

or those who they consider apostates,

what's different now?

Are they actually draggingthem from their homes

and killing Christians?

What's the truth there?

- Well, the difference nowis that they're in control.

So in the past,

if they were not completely in control,

they were limited in what they could do,

but you're right.

Their agenda is directly against

the advancement of God's kingdom.

But in this case now,

they become the bully

or they become the powerhouse.

And so yet, sadly, they're using

and abusing that power that they have,

and they are going house to house.

And it's not just targetedagainst Christians.

It's people that have helped

with the American government

and just anyone that's different

and not embracing Sharia lawis under threat right now.

But our main concern isfor God's people there,

that they would weather this storm

and advance God's kingdom

through the difficult challenges.

They're like sheep among wolves, Gary.

I know people are familiar with that film

and that concept in Luke chapter 10,

but that's really the image that describes

what our brothers and sisters

are facing right now in Afghanistan.

- So John, if they are notbeing murdered right now,

Christians are definitely under threat?

- They are definitely under threat.

Gary, it's very likely that some

have already laid down their life,

but yet, at least in our main networks,

thankfully, none of the main leaders

have reported that yet

because many of them havefled to a different location

or they're in hiding

or they've moved or we'vehelped them relocate.

But yes, they are being hunted,

they are being targeted

and it is a danger, extreme danger

that they're in right now.

- And John, one concernis if all of them leave,

who will remain to be salt and light

and share the Gospel with Afghanistan?

Your thoughts on that.

- [John] Yeah, Gary.

So our heart is that somemight be called to leave

and if they want to leave,

we're trying to help them.

But many feel called to stay.

They know this is their home country

and now, as citizens of God's kingdom,

they wanna be salt and light,

they wanna stay.

Some are willing to embrace

the suffering ofpersecution that might come.

And we're gonna trust that some

of the second and third,

fourth generation believers that are there

will be able to weather the storm.

Many of them are not so high profile,

meaning it's the leadersthat have been involved

for many years that arefar more publicly known,

and so when you think second, third,

fourth generation of believers

or house church movements,

some of them are under the radar.

We're trusting that Godwould give them grace to stay

and they would see the fulfillmentof the Great Commission,

the Gospel spreading to every tribe

and nation throughout Afghanistan.

- [Gary] And finally, quickly John,

how should we pray for them?

What should we pray at this time?

- Yeah, please pray,

we know God's with them

but pray they would know that.

They would know the goodnessand the mercy of God,

the voice of their good shepherd.

He would be with them in the suffering.

And if they do have to flee,

that we and others could help them,

different organizations that are involved.

But let's pray for those that will stay,

that they will remain true and faithful.

And Gary, let's remind listeners to pray

for the salvation of the Taliban.

It's one of the largestunreached people groups,

the Pashtun people.

Let's pray, surely God has highlighted.

His heart is for the nations

and for the peoples of Afghanistan.

Let's pray that this would further

the advancement of God's Kingdom,

the spread of His Gospelamong the Pashtun people.

- Okay. John Weaver,humanitarian relief worker,

author of the book, "Inside Afghanistan:

A Mission Of Mercy To A War Torn People

Before 9/11 And Beyond".

Thanks John, for being with us.

- Thank you, Gary.

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- [Gary] Christians aren't the only ones

expecting to suffer as the Taliban

solidifies control over Afghanistan.

Gains made for femalesduring the past 20 years

in education and employment

are already being reversed.

What does the future portendfor Afghan women and girls?

Well here with more is Jennifer Stefano.

Ms. Stefano is a Republican strategist

and a fellow with theIndependent Women's Forum.

She's also vice president ofthe Commonwealth Foundation.

Jennifer, thanks for being with us.

You hear a lot from theBiden administration

about equity for transgenders,

for women in American society,

but with a sudden takeover of Afghanistan,

we're not hearing much about

protecting the rights of women there.

Why is Washington silent on that?

- [Jennifer] Well, that's right.

It seems as though womenonly matter every four years

or when the left is usingus as a political pawn

against someone they disagree with,

say like Brett Kavanaugh,

All of a sudden, women andwhat we have to say matters.

In this instance in Afghanistan,

our President has failedto honor his commitments.

He has failed to live upto the standard he says

that he is going to helpand take care of women.

And now you see the devastationthis is going to take

on the 18 million Afghan women and girls

that once lived under our ages,

that lived free because of the Americans

are now going to become victims

because of the decision ofthe Biden administration.

And sadly, even our own President

in the United Statesis not showing the care

and concern for women and girls.

And by the way, where isour female Vice President?

This was supposed to besome watershed moment

for women and girls around the world.

She's the most, ostensibly,

the most powerful woman in the world.

Where is she?

Where is her words?

Where are her actions?

Where is she to advocateon women's behalf?

She's not there.

- Let's talk some specifics here

and remind people who don'tremember from 20 years ago,

20, 25 years ago.

I do because I've covered itfor 40 years, Afghanistan.

Shabana Basij-Rasikh,

the founder of a girl'sschool in Afghanistan,

along with 250 students and staff

have fled the country.

And Ms. Rasikh remembershow she was treated

by the Taliban 25 years ago

when she was a young school-aged girl,

so to protect her students,

she destroyed all therecords identifying them.

So, what would likely havehappened to these girls

and others if she hadn't done that?

What does the future hold for them,

female students in Afghanistan?

- [Jennifer] As we as Americansunderstand the future,

there is not one forthese women and girls.

If you see the headlines today,

the Taliban is sayingwomen should stay inside,

girls should stay inside,

that the soldiers are not

"trained to respect or treat women well".

And let's be really clear,

if we're looking at thehistory of the Taliban

and we really can't look at anything else,

this is not going to change.

Things are not going toget better for these women.

And the women, the averageage of women in Afghanistan

is 19 and a half years old,

these are young girls.

They lived almost all their lives

under the ages of the United States,

they lived free,

they were being educated.

And all that,

all that is being taken from them

because of President'sBiden failure to plan,

to think of what wouldhappen to these women,

to have in any way adequately prepared

our nation or the Afghans

for what he was about to do.

This is one of the greatestand most catastrophic

military maneuvers in the modern era.

I honestly can't think of one.

It makes dunkirk look successful.

- And last fall, Afghanistanwas getting a seat

on the UN Commissionon the Status of Women.

The term starts this year,

it ends in four years.

Should that decision be reversed?

What do you think?

- [Jennifer] Look, I do not take seriously

the Human Right Watch and others

that come out from the United Nations.

And in 2020, they issued areport on the United States

that accused the Trump administration

of human rights abusesdue to our foreign policy,

due to the fact that he was meeting

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and brought about calm andstability in the world,

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As to where today,

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Why aren't we reallyaddressing human rights abuses

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Or putting on equal footing a country

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and pretending somehow thatthe Trump administration

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- Okay. Jennifer Stefano,Republican strategist,

fellow, the Independent Women's Forum.

Thank you for providing those insights.

We appreciate it.

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in California's gubernatorialrecall election.

It's only the second timein Golden State history

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What are the chances thatGovernor Gavin Newsom

may survive recall?

Well joining us to share some concerns

about potential vote fraud is Craig Huey.

Mr. Huey is a political commentator

and founder of Election Forum,

an organization dedicated to educating

and engaging Christians tovote for Christian values.

Craig, it's good to talk with you.

Okay, so mail-in voting,

it's already begun in theCalifornia recall election.

I know you've expressed concernsabout potential vote fraud

and ballot harvesting.

So tell us, what is ballot harvesting?

Why should we be concerned about that?

- Well Gary, ballot harvesting is really

a very corrupt thing.

It's not voter fraud,

but it can lead the voter fraud

and that's what's happeningnow in the State of California.

19 states have ballotharvesting as illegal,

28 states, it is legaland the rest of the states

don't really say one way or the other.

What it is is this,

when you get a mail-in ballot,

anybody can pick up that ballot

and you can go door to door,

ask people for their ballots.

And the way they do it,

they act as if this is a service.

So the unions andorganized democratic party

is going door to doorin California right now,

and they're telling people,

"I'll take your ballot to the poll."

That increases turnout by 10% to 15%.

With ballot harvesting,

one person can pick up one vote,

10 votes, a hundred votes,

and they're unaccountable.

They can take thosevotes to the voter box,

drop them in

and nobody knows who they are.

- One problem with that,

some California voters arecomplaining about holes

- Yeah!- appearing in their

ballot envelopes.

So those ballot harvesterscould look at the holes.

They say the holes violatetheir privacy rights

because they may revealtheir yes or no vote.

State registrar saythe holes are there to,

I guess, help visually impaired people,

also to reveal if an envelope is empty

when the ballots are process.

So, what do you think about concerns

over ballot envelope holes?

- It's gotta be somethingthat is intentional.

Now the holes have been around before,

but the way that Los Angeles County,

for example, designed the hole,

that if you vote yes, that shows through.

So a postal employeeof the organized union,

that's a Bernie Sanders organized union

or somebody at election station,

they could throw awayanything that doesn't say yes.

So all of a sudden,

you don't have the secrecy of the ballot,

your vote is revealed in these holes.

It's really corrupt, Gary.

- And a yes vote meansyou want him recall,

is that correct?

- That is correct.

There's two issues on California's ballot.

The first one, recallGovernor Newsom, yes or no.

And right now, it's like a tie.

It could go either way.

And then the second question is,

who do you wanna have as the new governor?

And you vote for a listof 47 candidates running

and whoever gets the plurality,

wins the election.

Gavin Newsom is not on that list.

If he loses, then who's ever on that list

will be the governor who gets the most.

For example, right now,

Larry Elder has about 24% ofthe popular vote in the polls,

that's the highest of any candidate,

and he would become governorof the State of California

for 24% and there's no runoff.

- [Gary] Well, I know alot of Christians like him.

He's a radio talk show host,

he's a conservative and avery committed Christian,

but with a little political experience,

but maybe that's what they want.

So, you mentioned concernsabout ballot harvesting,

but ballots were sent out

to all registered California voters.

So why did the legislature do that?

How concerned are you about

that potentially leading to vote fraud?

- Well, so here's the thing.

Whenever you have mail-in ballots

going to dirty rolls,

where there's people whohave died or moved away

and multiple ballotsare going to households.

When you have mail-in ballots

where everybody can grab about,

for example,

there is now proof of people

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There's a man who was just arrested

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You know what?

We are right now, taking a look at Newsom

stealing this election

because of ballot harvesting

and these mail-in ballots,

which can be so abused.

When you have a situationwhere everybody gets it,

you're gonna have peoplethrowing them away,

you're gonna have people

at nursing homes who have no intention

or no capability.

And then they have what'scalled Grammy harvesting,

where the organized union send people

into the nursing homes

and just pick up theballots and fill them out.

That's why this is such an election

that could be wrought with fraud.

And while he shouldlose, Newsom should lose,

he might pull it off

because of this ballot harvesting.

- [Gary] Well, a lot of concerns,

not only in California,

but for the next election nationwide.

Ballot fraud, the potential is there.

Craig Huey, founder of Election Forum.

Thank you for sharing yourtime and insights today.

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