Category: India
Why Taliban don’t want Afghan Sikhs to Leave
Amritsar nursing college offer free courses for Afghan Sikh and Hindu students
Source: The Times of India
What Taliban rule means for Sikhs and Hindus
Source: DW – Seerat Chabba New Delhi Afghan Sikhs and Hindus face a precarious future living in a country ruled by the Taliban. While the Islamic fundamentalist group says the minorities will be safe, past experiences have left them wary. After taking shelter at the Gurdwara Dashmesh Pita, a Sikh temple, in the Karte Parwan neighborhood… Continue reading What Taliban rule means for Sikhs and Hindus
A year after CAA, refugees in India still waiting for citizenship
Source: Al-Jazeera Hindu and Sikh refugees in India still wait for nationality a year after a controversial citizenship law was passed. By Srishti Jaswal Amritsar, India – Surbeer Singh was just three years old when his family fled Nangarhar province in Afghanistan to escape religious persecution and war in the 1980s. They have since lived in the… Continue reading A year after CAA, refugees in India still waiting for citizenship
Sikh Afghan refugee shot dead
Source: The Hindu All angles, including property deals are being looked into for leads: police A 70-year-old pradhan of a gurdwara was shot dead by two bike-borne men outside his house in west Delhi’s Vikaspuri. No arrests have been made in the case yet, he police said on Tuesday. DCP (West) Deepak Purohit said that… Continue reading Sikh Afghan refugee shot dead
EMINENT AFGHAN SIKH – Late Khajinder Singh Khurana (1953-2020) [Obit]
Source: SikhNet by Inderjeet Singh he President of Afghan Hindu & Sikh Welfare Society, Khajinder Singh Khuranapassed away last month in Delhi. He was forefront in arranging accommodation, securing funding and other facilities for the recent Afghan Sikh refugees. I am sharing his short biography which I have translated from the upcoming book in Punjabi on Afghan… Continue reading EMINENT AFGHAN SIKH – Late Khajinder Singh Khurana (1953-2020) [Obit]