Afghan Medical Mission Ends in Death for 10

  Over the weekend I was following this horrific story that many have been talking about in the last 48 hours.  If you haven't heard, over the weekend it was reported that ten Christian aid workers working with International Assistance Mission, were brutally killed by the Taliban.

Here's a snip from this article put out by the Stuff.co.nz press.

Ten members of the Christian medical team - six Americans, two Afghans, one German and a Briton - were gunned down in a gruesome slaughter that the Taliban said they carried out, alleging the volunteers were spying and trying to convert Muslims to Christianity. The gunmen spared an Afghan driver, who recited verses from the Islamic holy book Quran as he begged for his life.

Team members - doctors, nurses and logistics personnel - were attacked as they were returning to Kabul after their two-week mission in the remote Parun valley of Nuristan province about 160 miles (260 kilometers) north of Kabul. They had decided to veer northward into Badakhshan province because they thought that would be the safest route back to Kabul, said Dirk Frans, director of the International Assistance Mission, which organized the team.

The bullet-riddled bodies - including three women - were found Friday near three four-wheeled drive vehicles in a wooded area just off the main road that snakes through a narrow valley in the Kuran Wa Munjan district of Badakhshan, provincial police chief Gen. Agha Noor Kemtuz told The Associated Press.

Our friends at Mission Network News also have other details about the massacre, including more details about some of the victims. The victims include Tom Little, an optometrist from New York: he had worked in Afghanistan for 30 years.Karen Woo, 36, a British surgeon: she had given up a job in London to work in Afghanistan. Cheryl Beckett, 32, an American: specialized in nutritional gardening and mother-child health. Thomas Grams, 51, a dentist from Colorado: provided dental care to children in Afghanistan and Nepal. Glen Lapp, 40, a nurse from Lancaster, PA: arrived in Afghanistan in 2008. Dan Terry, 64, had lived in Afghanistan since 1980 with his wife: had three daughters. Daniela Beyer, 35, from the city of Chemnitz, west of Dresden. Brian Carderelli, of Harrisonburg, VA: the videographer for the expedition. The two Afghans were Mahram Ali --a driver, and a man named Jawed. There are also accusations that the group was proselytizing, but the IAM, denies they do that while on their humanitarian missions. Please join the thousands now praying for the families of those lost to this horror, and also keep the Taliban in your prayers and ask the Lord to change the hearts of those who have committed these murders towards the saints of God.