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Tolo The Afghan Hindus and Sikhs say they will not celebrate this year’s Diwali festival due to deadly incidents took place in the country recent months. The festival was not held last year either due to a deadly incident in Kabul. Hindus and Sikhs living in Kabul said that the death of 14 Hindus and Sikhs in Nangarhar bombing July, assassination of former… Continue reading Afghan Hindus, Sikhs Are Not Celebrating Diwali This Year

Sikh 24 By UNITED SIKHS –October 26, 2018 OTTAWA, Canada—UNITED SIKHS this week announced a call to action in the House of Commons alongside several members of Parliament to address the increasingly desperate plight of religious minorities in Afghanistan. After gaining the support of several policy stakeholders, including MPs Garnett Genuis, Elizabeth May, Cheryl Hardcastle, Harold Albrecht,… Continue reading UNITED SIKHS Calls Upon Canadian Prime Minister and House of Commons to Provide Asylum To Afghan Minorities

BBC News Narinder Singh is the only Sikh candidate in the upcoming Afghan elections. He is standing in place of his father, Avtar Singh Khalsa, who was killed in a suicide blast in Jalalabad last July. The parliamentary election will be held on 20 October and more than 2,500 candidates are reportedly standing in it.… Continue reading Afghanistan elections: ‘I want to fulfil my slain father’s dreams’