South Korean government officials are desperately trying to get around 1,500 South Korean Christians out of Afghanistan after Kabul ordered them to leave amid fears of violence.A government team sent to Afghanistan as the visitors - believed to be evangelical Christians - began arriving to attend a 'peace festival' scheduled for this weekend was trying to organise their departure as soon as possible, a team member said.
AFP reports the South Korean government has repeatedly urged them to return home because of the dangers caused by the re-emergence of the Taliban.
A group of clerics in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif has spoken out against the visitors, accusing them of trying to spread Christianity -which they deny.
