Source Himmat Singh Gill THE giant Russian aircraft, IL 76, with India’s special envoy to Afghanistan Satinder Lamba, a few diplomats and a team of Indian journalists on board, could only take off around noon on a cold December morning because of the heavy fog that hung over New Delhi. Also on board was Qanooni,… Continue reading The Day After
Month: December 2001
Century-old temple survives Taliban rule
Thursday, Dec 20, 2001 – PTI ASMAL WATT (Kabul), DEC. 19. “Taliban or no Taliban we have nothing to fear in Afghanistan. Nobody can touch the temple of goddess Durga,” says 60-year-old Uttam Chand, a pujari in the Asmal Watt temple built a century ago by the Hindu community on the outskirts of the capital… Continue reading Century-old temple survives Taliban rule
The Heart-rending Story of Afghani Sikhs
Rupali Ghosh with Gajinder Singh. Source Taranjeet Kaur doesn’t know how old she is, but her mother thinks she must be around 10 years old. She was born, says Jaan Kaur, her mother, soon after the Soviet-backed Najibullah government in Afghanistan was overthrown in 1992. “Those were days of great trouble,” recalls Jaan Kaur in… Continue reading The Heart-rending Story of Afghani Sikhs