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Source: India Tribune BY RAHUL KUMARNew Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The beleaguered Hindu and Sikh minorities of Afghanistan have found support in not just India, but also in the US.A resolution, introduced in the House of Representatives by Congresswoman Jackie Speier and co-sponsored by seven others, seeks to resettle persecuted religious communities in Afghanistan to the… Continue reading India, US offer citizenship to last remaining Afghan Hindus, Sikhs

Source: India Tribune BY RAHUL KUMARNew Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The beleaguered Hindu and Sikh minorities of Afghanistan have found support in not just India, but also in the US.A resolution, introduced in the House of Representatives by Congresswoman Jackie Speier and co-sponsored by seven others, seeks to resettle persecuted religious communities in Afghanistan to the… Continue reading India, US offer citizenship to last remaining Afghan Hindus, Sikhs

Source: The Indian Express Since a terror attack by an IS gunman killed 25 Sikhs at Gurdwara Har Rai Sahib in Kabul on March 25, the small Sikh and Hindu communities in Afghanistan have made multiple appeals to the Indian government for “immediate evacuation”. A look at these communities’ history in Afghanistan: When did Hinduism… Continue reading Sikhs and Hindus of Afghanistan — how many remain, why they want to leave

Source: NDTV Washington:  An influential American congressman has praised India for giving refugee status to Sikhs and Hindus from Afghanistan and urged the Trump administration to do the same for the persecuted religious minorities from the war-torn country. The Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday that there has been a recent spurt of attacks… Continue reading Like India, US Congressman Seeks Refugee Status For Afghan Sikhs, Hindus

Source: India Post WASHINGTON DC: Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by 19 of his Senate colleagues in urging the Trump Administration to grant emergency refugee protections to Hindu and Sikh communities in Afghanistan facing life-threatening persecution as religious minorities. In a bipartisan letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of… Continue reading 20 Senators for persecuted Hindus Sikhs in Afghanistan

Source: Gandhara By Freshta Negah, Abubakar Siddique Fari Kaur, a 12th grader, lives in perpetual fear of being targeted in a militant attack after she lost her father to one in eastern Afghanistan nearly two years ago. She was devastated by a more recent attack when scores of Sikhs were killed inside a temple in March.… Continue reading Afghanistan’s Tiny Hindu And Sikh Minority Mull Leaving Their Country

Source: VOA News SLAMABAD – Following a militant attack in late March that killed 25 Sikhs in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, a dwindling community of Sikhs and Hindus is now weighing whether or not it is safe to stay in the war-torn country where the minority group is subject to constant threats by militants and discrimination… Continue reading Sikhs and Hindus of Afghanistan in Limbo after March Deadly Attack