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Source: PTC News The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has urged the Government of India to approach its counterpart in Afghanistan to ensure the safety of life and property of the Sikhs. In a press note issued here, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief secretary Harjinder Singh Dhami expressed concern over the declining number of members of the Sikh community in Afghanistan. He said the Government of India should intervene… Continue reading Decline in number of Afghan Sikhs worrisome: SGPC

Source: OpIndia WSO President was quoted saying that it is time to act; otherwise, Hindus and Sikhs remaining in Afghanistan would be targeted and killed. On July 19, World Sikh Organization, Canada, has urged the Canadian government to launch a special program for Afghan Sikhs and Hindus. In this regard, The Manmeet Singh Bhullar Foundation, Khalsa Aid… Continue reading World Sikh Organisation wants CAA-like law in Canada for Sikhs and Hindus escaping from Islamic countries

Source: The Indian Express A year after 25 Afghan Sikhs were killed in the Kabul gurdwara attack in March last year, United Sikhs, an NGO affiliated to the United Nations, paid tribute to the deceased, and honoured the surviving families in New Delhi on Wednesday. The attack had taken place inside the Guru Har Rai… Continue reading A year after Kabul attack, Afghan Sikhs long for a settled life

Source: The Tribune Describing Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan as “proud citizenry” of his land, the Afghanistan Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar on Tuesday said that it would be the responsibility of the government to provide them with protection and security. “We got to do that”, he said during a press conference here. Disagreeing with the… Continue reading Afghanistan vows to protect its Sikh, Hindu minorities

Source: The Indian Express Sunny never got to see his son. As his last rites were done by members of the minority Sikh community in Kabul, his wife watched on video call. EVER SINCE his son was born last October, Sunny Singh alias Manto (27), a small-time medicines and spices trader, would call his wife… Continue reading Sikh man killed in Kabul blast: Wife watches last rites on video call; in her arms, infant son who never saw his father

Source: The Peterborough Examiner KABUL – Two separate explosions rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul on Saturday, killing at least three people including members of the minority Sikh community and wounding four others, Afghan officials said. The first explosion hit a store in the heart of the capital, causing it to collapse and kill at… Continue reading Afghan officials: Separate blasts in Kabul kill 3, wound 4

Source: The Wire Having fled religious persecution in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the refugees who were promised permanent citizenship of India face bureaucratic harassment every year when they extend their visas. Chandigarh: Torn between his identity and his livelihood, 48-year-old Sardar Singh, who had fled Afghanistan in 1992 in the wake of attacks on the local Sikh… Continue reading Delay in CAA Implementation Leaves Hindu and Sikh Refugees in India Disconsolate