Source: MENAFN
KABUL: Hundreds of Afghan Sikhs have signed a letter to Indian Embassy to Kabul in which they have called for New Delhi’s help to leave their motherland after a Daesh-claimed deadly attack targeted their temple in Kabul.
An attacker stormed a Sikh temple (Gurdwara) on March 25 in the old part of Kabul, opening at the worshippers held hostage.
At least 26 worshippers were killed in the attack and another eight wounded.
Some 700 Sikhs signed the letter addressed to Indian embassy and called for an immediate leave of their country. The signatories have said they would want to live in Afghanistan.
The letter published in the Indian Express, calls Daesh terrorist group a potential threat against Afghan Sikhs and tries to wipe them out.
The March attack against Sikh was not the first case. A suicide bomber also a Daesh mercenary blew himself up among a group of them heading to meet President Ghani in the Jalalabad city of the eastern province of Nangarhar, killing and injuring scores of them in July 2018.
The government of Canada said it would grant asylum to all Afghan Sikhs and Hindus. But they refused the call, saying they would never leave home if the government provides them with security.
“Some 700 Sikhs signed the letter addressed to Indian embassy and called for an immediate leave of their country. The signatories have said they would want to live in Afghanistan.”
Please clarify: They have signed the letter because they are wanting to “immediately leave their county” but said that they would want to “Live” in Afghanistan” both lines are contradictory or need further explanation.
“The government of Canada said it would grant asylum to all Afghan Sikhs and Hindus. But they refused the call, saying they would never leave home if the government provides them with security.”
This is not a fact as per your other article which mentions:
““It is too small a minority, unable to defend itself, and politically inconsequential. I’d still like to be able to help them get out, instead of having more killed,” Suneet Singh Tuli, the speaker of the Canadian branch of the World Sikh Parliament, tells Asia Samachar.
Canada is one of the options but it does not seem to be working out just as yet. Some 26,000 Syrian were resettled in Canada between December 2015 and February 2016. But the route does not seem to be open for the Afghan Sikhs.
“Although we’re trying to put pressure on the Canadian government, unfortunately it is unlikely they will act,” he said.”
https://afghanhindu.wordpress.com/2020/04/04/afghan-sikhs-on-a-wing-and-a-prayer/
Please feel free to delete my comment. I just want to bring the discrepancies to light in your article.
“Some 700 Sikhs signed the letter addressed to Indian embassy and called for an immediate leave of their country. The signatories have said they would want to live in Afghanistan.”
Please clarify: They have signed the letter because they are wanting to “immediately leave their county” but said that they would want to “Live” in Afghanistan” both lines are contradictory or need further explanation.
“The government of Canada said it would grant asylum to all Afghan Sikhs and Hindus. But they refused the call, saying they would never leave home if the government provides them with security.”
This is not a fact as per your other article which mentions:
““It is too small a minority, unable to defend itself, and politically inconsequential. I’d still like to be able to help them get out, instead of having more killed,” Suneet Singh Tuli, the speaker of the Canadian branch of the World Sikh Parliament, tells Asia Samachar.
Canada is one of the options but it does not seem to be working out just as yet. Some 26,000 Syrian were resettled in Canada between December 2015 and February 2016. But the route does not seem to be open for the Afghan Sikhs.
“Although we’re trying to put pressure on the Canadian government, unfortunately it is unlikely they will act,” he said.”
https://afghanhindu.wordpress.com/2020/04/04/afghan-sikhs-on-a-wing-and-a-prayer/
Please feel free to delete my comment. I just want to bring the discrepancies to light in your article.