Jihadist terrorism must be confronted and killed and that means the U.S. must be in Afghanistan, which for decades has, along with Pakistan, meant safe haven for the Osama bin Ladens of the world. Billions of U.S. dollars and the blood of thousands of young American men and women have been spent to that end in Afghanistan.

But what are we to do with the reality represented by cases like those of Abdul Rahman and Sayed Mussa, Afghans who converted from Islam to become followers of Jesus Christ and for which they now face the death penalty according to Afghan law?