Category: History
The history and current position of Afghanistan’s Hindus and Sikhs
Click here to read a research paper by Roger Ballard on Afghan Hindus and Sikhs which was written in 2011
Nim-Rukh Hindus History in Afghanistan
Explainer: who are the Afghan Sikhs?
Source: The Conversation Jasjit Singh – 20 August 2014, 3.59pm BST The recent discovery of 35 men, women and children in a shipping container at Tilbury docks in Essex is shocking for many reasons. Few had known that people were being brought into the UK in shipping containers and even fewer knew the kind of dangers… Continue reading Explainer: who are the Afghan Sikhs?
The plight of Afghan Hindus & Sikhs
Source: Punjabi 17th August, 2014By Reet Virk Click here to listen to the audio segment
The Other Fold of the Turban: Afghanistan’s Hindus and Sikhs
Source: Afghanistan Analysts Network Author: Fabrizio Foschini Date: 23 September 2013 Recent efforts to reserve a seat in the Wolesi Jirga (the lower house of the parliament) for the Hindus and Sikhs of Afghanistan have rekindled some interest in this tiny religious minority. Included in the draft of the electoral law, the issue was… Continue reading The Other Fold of the Turban: Afghanistan’s Hindus and Sikhs
Mes Aynak: Afghanistan’s Buddhist buried treasure faces destruction
Source: The Guardian Mes Aynak, a magnificent Buddhist city, is the most important archaeological discovery in a generation. But it is sitting on a vast copper deposit and is about to be destroyed William Dalrymple The Guardian, Friday 31 May 2013 22.00 BST In the spring of 1963, a French geologist set out from Kabul to carry out… Continue reading Mes Aynak: Afghanistan’s Buddhist buried treasure faces destruction