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Afghan Sikhs and Hindus hope for tolerance
23 November, 2001 07:08 GMT By Michael Steen – Reuters KABUL (Reuters)- Chanting “Waheguru”, or God, 60 Afghan Sikh and Hindu men, women and children worship in their bright tinsel-clad temple in the capital Kabul, hoping Afghanistan’s next rulers will tolerate religious minorities. Afghanistan has always been overwhelmingly Muslim but until the upheaval of the… Continue reading Afghan Sikhs and Hindus hope for tolerance
Afghan Hindus, Sikhs back ex-king
Source Kabul, November 23 Chanting “Wahe Guru”, 60 Afghan Sikh and Hindu men, women and children worship in their bright tinsel-clad temple in Kabul, hoping that Afghanistan’s next rulers will tolerate religious minorities. Afghanistan has always been overwhelmingly Muslim but until the upheaval of the early 1990s, when ethnic militias fought bloody street battles in… Continue reading Afghan Hindus, Sikhs back ex-king
Afghan Sikhs, Hindus ask Govt to expedite visa process
Afghan Sikhs, Hindus ask Govt to expedite visa process PTI (Amritsar, October 26, 2001) Source: Hindustan Times Four Sikh and two Hindu families today crossed over into India from Afghanistan and heaved a sigh of relief even as they regretted that the Indian authorities were not expediting the visa process. The people from terror-hit Kabul… Continue reading Afghan Sikhs, Hindus ask Govt to expedite visa process
International Religious Freedom Report – Afghanistan
Source Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Freedom of religion is restricted severely. Due to the absence of a constitution and the ongoing civil war, freedom of religion is determined primarily by the unofficial, unwritten, and evolving policies of the warring factions. In 1999 the Taliban, the ultraconservative Islamic movement that… Continue reading International Religious Freedom Report – Afghanistan
Afghan Refugees in India
Afghan Refugees in India – Ocotober 2001 – Video
Afghan Sikhs stranded in Pakistan
Satinder Bains in Chandigarh – Rediff.com About 40 Afghan Sikhs, including some women, have taken shelter in a gurdwara near Islamabad as they do not have funds to travel to India. The Indian mission in Islamabad issued them with visas after they crossed over from Afghanistan, a small group of Afghan Sikhs which arrived in… Continue reading Afghan Sikhs stranded in Pakistan