Source Tribune News Service Jalandhar, May 1 The Hamid Karzai government will return the property of thousands of Hindus and Sikhs, which had been freezed by the Taliban regime and offer protection and support to them on their return to Afghanistan. The Hamid Karzai-led interim government has also expressed its desire to invite the Shiromani… Continue reading Afghan Hindus, Sikhs invited to return
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Karzai promises Afghan Hindus, Sikhs their property
By RAVI ADHIKARI February, 8th 2002 NEW YORK: Meteor-like brief though his visit was to New York, Afghanistan’s interim head of government Hamid Karzai found time to assure a group representing the Hindus and Sikhs of Kabul and Jalalabad that they would be restored their religious and civic rights, and that the properties seized from… Continue reading Karzai promises Afghan Hindus, Sikhs their property
Rebuilding of Hindu Chowk in Kandahar
Afghanistan’s new elite is moving into Kandahar’s formerly wealthy neighborhoods. One such place, known as the Hindu neighborhood, was extensively damaged during air attacks. NPR’s Steve Inskeep reports on the rebuilding efforts.
Keeping Their Faiths Under Taliban Rule Drew Sikhs and Hindus Together
Author: Amy Waldman Publication: The New York Times Date: January 20, 2002 The men emerge from the rubble like an apparition, 10 of them, most bearded and turbaned. They move toward a bruised, shuttered building whose roof has been caved in by a rocket, and unlock the door. They pass through an interior courtyard, remove… Continue reading Keeping Their Faiths Under Taliban Rule Drew Sikhs and Hindus Together
The Day After
Source Himmat Singh Gill THE giant Russian aircraft, IL 76, with India’s special envoy to Afghanistan Satinder Lamba, a few diplomats and a team of Indian journalists on board, could only take off around noon on a cold December morning because of the heavy fog that hung over New Delhi. Also on board was Qanooni,… Continue reading The Day After
Century-old temple survives Taliban rule
Thursday, Dec 20, 2001 – PTI ASMAL WATT (Kabul), DEC. 19. “Taliban or no Taliban we have nothing to fear in Afghanistan. Nobody can touch the temple of goddess Durga,” says 60-year-old Uttam Chand, a pujari in the Asmal Watt temple built a century ago by the Hindu community on the outskirts of the capital… Continue reading Century-old temple survives Taliban rule
The Heart-rending Story of Afghani Sikhs
Rupali Ghosh with Gajinder Singh. Source Taranjeet Kaur doesn’t know how old she is, but her mother thinks she must be around 10 years old. She was born, says Jaan Kaur, her mother, soon after the Soviet-backed Najibullah government in Afghanistan was overthrown in 1992. “Those were days of great trouble,” recalls Jaan Kaur in… Continue reading The Heart-rending Story of Afghani Sikhs