Bagram Bible program

In May 2009, it was made public that Christian groups had published Bibles in the Pashto and Dari languages, intended to convert Afghans from Islam to Christianity.

[1][2][3][4] The Bibles were sent to soldiers at the Bagram Air Base.

American military authorities reported that Bible distribution was not official policy, and when a chaplain became aware of the soldiers' plans, the Bibles were confiscated and, eventually, burned.

Al Jazeera's English service were the first to break the story.

American authorities claimed the footage from the religious service took place a year before its broadcast, and had been taken out of context.