According to a study by Humanists International (HI), Afghanistan is one of the seven countries in the world (the other six being Iran, the Maldives, Mauritania, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Sudan) where being an atheist or a convert can lead to a death sentence.
[1] According to the 2012 WIN-Gallup Global Index of Religion and Atheism report, Afghanistan ranks among the countries where people are least likely to admit to being an atheist.
Apostates, including atheists, are considered safe if they were brought up as Muslim and do not make their beliefs public.
Apostasy and conversion to atheism carry death sentences in Afghanistan's Islamic legal system.
[4] In January 2014, an Afghan man living in the UK since 2007 was granted asylum under the 1951 Refugee Convention.